The Rising Cost of Prescription Drugs
Mayo Clinic Talks
English - April 23, 2019 12:16 - 27 minutes - 24.9 MB - ★★★★ - 90 ratingsScience Health & Fitness Medicine Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Guest: S. Vincent Rajkumar, M.D. (@VincentRK)
Host: Darryl S. Chutka, M.D. (@ChutkaMD)
Why are prescription drug costs so high in the United States? What role does the rebate system potentially play in drug availability? What is value-based pricing? Vincent Rajkumar, M.D. discuss research in this area and provides resources for health care providers to have discussions with patients about drug affordability.
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