Addressing Medication Costs During Primary Care Visits: A Before-After Study of Team-Based Training.
Conclusion: A single team training to screen and address patients' medication cost concerns improved COM discussions over the short term. Further research is needed to assess sustained effects and impact on patient costs and medication adherence and to determine whether more intensive, scalable interventions are needed.
Primary Funding Source: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
PMID: 31060055 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Annals of Internal Medicine - Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Carroll JK, Farah S, Fortuna RJ, Lanigan AM, Sanders M, Venci JV, Fiscella K Tags: Ann Intern Med Source Type: research
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