Abstract
Efforts to reform the U.S. health care system have placed considerable attention on patients’ financial burden from out-of-pocket drug costs. Patients frequently have difficulty paying for medications and although they are encouraged to discuss ways to lower drug costs with physicians, such communication frequently fails to occur.1-4 Physicians may be reluctant to initiate these cost discussions because some cost-cutting strategies involve potential trade-offs such as increased dosing frequency, or risk of side effects, or lower treatment effectiveness.1 Knowing patients’ willingness to consider such less than optimal cost-lowering strategies could encourage physicians to discuss drug costs with their patients.
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