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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Med Decis Making. 2016 Jan 19;36(7):900–910. doi: 10.1177/0272989X15626384

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Duration of cost conversations with discussion of cost-saving strategies. The median duration of cost conversations containing discussion of cost-saving strategies (N=231) was 68 seconds (interquartile range, 34 to 117 seconds). The median duration of clinic visits was 9 minutes and 57 seconds.

*Discussion of cost-saving strategy was defined as any mention of one or more methods to reduce the patient’s out-of-pocket costs. No evidence was required that the cost-reducing strategy was used or pursued, only that it was discussed.