Seventy percent of Americans would like to have conversations about the costs of care with their health care providers, but only 28% do so, according to polling conducted for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) by Avalere Health.
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With those polling results in hand, 2 years ago RWJF and Avalere Health launched the Cost Conversation projects to help. Practice briefs for these kinds of conversations are now available on America’s Essential Hospitals’ website (https://essentialhospitals.org/cost-care/practice-briefs/).
Reference
1. Ganos E, Steinberg K, Seidman J, Masi D, Gomez-Rexode A, Fraser A. Talking About Costs: Innovation In Clinician-Patient Conversations. Health Affairs. Published online Nov. 27, 2018. doi: 10.1377/hblog20181126.366161. Accessed Dec. 11, 2018.
