Christel Rushing, MS

Articles by Christel Rushing, MS

The Utility of Cost Discussions Between Patients With Cancer and Oncologists

ByS. Yousuf Zafar, MD, MHS,Fumiko Chino, MD,Peter A. Ubel, MD,Christel Rushing, MS,Gregory Samsa, PhD,Ivy Altomare, MD,Jonathan Nicolla, MBA,Deborah Schrag, MD,James A. Tulsky, MD,Amy P. Abernethy, MD, PhD,Jeffery M. Peppercorn, MD, MPH

September 15th 2015

Many patients with cancer desire cost discussions with doctors, but those discussions are rare. Nevertheless, cost discussions may lower patient costs-usually without altering treatment.

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