Prevalence of Financial Considerations Documented in Primary Care Encounters as Identified by Natural Language Processing Methods.

Journal: JAMA network open
PMID: 31469397

Abstract

IMPORTANCE: Quantifying patient-physician cost conversations is challenging but important as out-of-pocket spending by US patients increases and patients are increasingly interested in discussing costs with their physicians.

Authors

  • Meliha Skaljic
    Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
  • Ihsaan H Patel
    Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
  • Amelia M Pellegrini
    Center for Quantitative Health, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
  • Victor M Castro
  • Roy H Perlis
    Center for Quantitative Health, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
  • Deborah D Gordon
    Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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