Out-of-Pocket Costs Attributable to Dementia: A Longitudinal Analysis

Out-of-pocket health care costs.

How to reduce out-of-pocket costs for prescription medications.

The cost of prescription medicines has recently been rising faster than other healthcare costs.  This is also true for traditionally inexpensive generic medications that have long served as a fundamental healthcare safety net in the USA.  These changes increasingly present challenges for individuals to obtain common medications.  Owing to rising insurance co-pays, even patients who have prescri...

Variations in out-of-pocket costs for primary care services across Australia: a regional analysis.

The aim of this study is to describe average out-of-pocket costs across different regions of Australia, as defined by Primary Health Network (PHN) boundaries, and assess the association between population characteristics and out-of-pocket costs for selected primary care services. A combination of descriptive and regression analysis was undertaken using administrative data from the Australian De...

Full disclosure--out-of-pocket costs as side effects.

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Patient-physician communication about out-of-pocket costs.

CONTEXT Out-of-pocket costs account for approximately one fifth of health care expenditures and are increasing. Previous research suggests that these costs are associated with medication nonadherence and considerable economic burden among some patients. Little is known about patient-physician communication regarding these costs. OBJECTIVE To identify patients' and physicians' beliefs and prac...