Nurses and Physicians Experiences toward Cost Communications
Table 2 presents the proportions of health care providers’ experiences toward cost discussions. Overall, about three quarters of nurses and physicians are strongly disagree/disagree considering the costs to the patient or insurance company when choosing a new treatment. However, about 68% of nurses and physicians are strongly agree/agree the importance of explaining the costs the patients will have to pay for their treatments, also a considerable portion, about 70%, of health care providers are strongly agree/agree that every patient should have access to effective treatments regardless of their cost. Further, a total of 33% of surveyed physicians neither agreed nor disagreed with the statement “health care providers should explain to patients the costs society will have to pay for the patient’s treatment,” and only 14% of nurses neither agreed nor disagreed with the statement “I have easy access to quality resources which assist me in cost discussions with my patients.”
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