Patient-Centered Communication and Diagnostic Testing
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- 1 September 2005
- journal article
- Published by Annals of Family Medicine in Annals of Family Medicine
- Vol. 3 (5) , 415-421
- https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.348
Abstract
PURPOSE Although patient-centered communication is associated with improved health and patient trust, information about the impact of patient-centered communication on health care costs is limited. We studied the relationship between patient-centered communication and diagnostic testing expenditures.Keywords
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