Steven Asch
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The effect of pharmacy benefit design on patient-physician communication about costs.
J Gen Intern Med. 2006; (4): 334-9
Incentive-based formularies have been widely instituted to control the rising costs of prescription drugs. To work properly, such formularies depend on patients to be aware of financial incentives and communicate their cost preferences with prescribing physicians. The impact of financial incentives on patient awareness of and communication about those costs is unknown.
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