Cost-Related Medication Non-adherence, Cost Coping Behaviors, and Cost Conversations Among Individuals with and Without Diabetes

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Lipid Research, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA. herrickc@wustl.edu.
² Department of Surgery, Division Public Health Sciences, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA. herrickc@wustl.edu.
³ Department of Surgery, Division Public Health Sciences, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
⁴ Heritage Medical Associates, Nashville, TN, USA.
⁵ Department of Medicine, Division of General Medical Sciences, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.

Cynthia J Herrick et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2021 Sep.

. 2021 Sep;36(9):2867-2869.

doi: 10.1007/s11606-020-06176-4. Epub 2020 Sep 1.

¹ Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Lipid Research, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA. herrickc@wustl.edu.
² Department of Surgery, Division Public Health Sciences, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA. herrickc@wustl.edu.
³ Department of Surgery, Division Public Health Sciences, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
⁴ Heritage Medical Associates, Nashville, TN, USA.
⁵ Department of Medicine, Division of General Medical Sciences, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.

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Conflict of interest statement

None of the members of the research team have other financial conflicts of interest to disclose.

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