Fragmentation in US health care delivery streams and shortcomings in formal quality measures mean that transparency could be more useful to policymakers and regulators than patients.
AMA J Ethics. 2022; 24(11):E1075-1082. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2022.1075.
Sarosh Nagar, Leah Z. Rand, PhD, and Aaron S. Kesselheim, MD, JD, MPH
This article analyzes differences in prescription drug pricing transparency practices among 3 Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development member nations.
AMA J Ethics. 2022; 24(11):E1083-1090. doi:
10.1001/amajethics.2022.1083.
Genevieve S. Silva joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Dr Cassandra Thiel: “What Would It Mean for Health Care Organizations to Justly Manage Their Waste?”
Dr Jing Li joins Ethics Talk to discuss her article, coauthored with Dr Robert Tyler Braun, Sophia Kakarala, and Dr Holly G. Prigerson: “How Should Cost-Informed Goals of Care Decisions Be Facilitated at Life’s End?”
Dr Mustfa K. Manzur joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article, coauthored with Drs Sharon Griswold and Wendy Dean: "What Should Clinicians Do When Health Services Are Improperly Billed in Their Names?"
Dr Christopher Whaley joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article, coauthored with Dr Austin Frakt: “If Patients Don’t Use Available Health Service Pricing Information, Is Transparency Still Important?”
Dr Kevin Schulman joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article, coauthored with Dr Barak Richman: “Informed Consent as a Means of Acknowledging and Avoiding Financial Toxicity as Iatrogenic Harm.”