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Tough times prompt patients to skip care
Wall Street Journal (subscription required), July 23, 2008
Rising deductibles, stiff drug co-payments and increasing prices are forcing some hard choices about health. Care that doesn't strike patients as critical is getting delayed, and as the economy squeezes patients, they are showing up at doctor's offices sicker, says Benjamin Brewer, MD, in his Wall Street Journal blog.
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