Out-of-pocket costs for a physician visit can be high, but there’s another personal cost that’s even higher. It’s rarely discussed. Do you know what it is? Read my new AcademyHealth post to find out.
Out-of-pocket costs for a physician visit can be high, but there’s another personal cost that’s even higher. It’s rarely discussed. Do you know what it is? Read my new AcademyHealth post to find out.
Austin Frakt, PhD, is co-Editor-in-Chief of The Incidental Economist and tweets at @afrakt. His day job is Director of the Partnered Evidence-based Policy Resource Center at the Boston VA Healthcare System, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. He is also a Professor with the Department of Health Law, Policy and Management at the Boston University’s School of Public Health, a Principal Research Scientist with the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Editor-in-Chief of the journal Health Services Research.
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