title: Six strategies to identify and assist patients burdened by out-of-pocket prescription costs.
abstract: Many patients find that their out-of-pocket costs of medications are burdensome. Physicians can help, first by remembering to ask about the problem, and then by applying simple strategies to limit the patient's costs.
authors.affiliation: Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA. galexand@uchicago.edu
authors.forename: G Caleb
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Alexander
authors.forename: Chien-Wen
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Tseng
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control / Q000379:methods*; D005382:Financing, Personal; D006801:Humans; D011306:Prescription Fees