Physicians Can Strive to Prioritize Both Patient Care, Cost-Consciousness

Physicians cannot ignore costs when it comes to patient treatments, and they can start by making the cost of care a less taboo subject to broach, according to a KevinMD.com report.

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Cost-conscious treatments do not have to include rationing or limiting of care, he said. Cost can be one of the biggest patient fears and must be addressed.

The American Medical Association and American College of Physicians are attempted to blur the line between treating patients or being concerned with costs by encouraging physicians to look as cost-consciousness as an ethical stewardship of limited resources to be used wisely.

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