Cost information increases utility of decision aids for shared decision making

(FAIR Health) Cost information, when paired with information about clinical treatment options, greatly enhances the value of shared decision making, reported a FAIR Health brief released today. This was among the lessons learned from a FAIR Health initiative presenting patient decision aids for shared decision making in palliative care scenarios, as described in the brief Cost Information Enhances Shared Decision Making: Lessons from FAIR Health's Shared Decision-Making Initiative.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news