When asked if they discuss the cost of treatments with patients, orthopedic surgeons reported:
• I regularly discuss this with patients — 24 percent
• Occasionally, in certain circumstances — 34 percent
• Occasionally, if the patient brings up the subject — 25 percent
• Never, because I don’t know the cost of the treatments — 10 percent
• Never, because I don’t feel that it is appropriate — 4 percent
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