Jordan M Alpert, Heather McKee Hurwitz, Michael B Rothberg
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Abstract
Income is an important social determinant of health, yet it is rarely discussed among patients and clinicians. Discussing income could open the door to addressing issues like high deductibles, prescription costs, copays, housing expenses, and medical debt. We identify ways to overcome obstacles to talking about this taboo subject.
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Published since 1988, the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine ( JABFM ) is the official peer-reviewed journal of the American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM). Believing that the public and scientific communities are best served by open access to information, JABFM makes its articles available free of charge and without registration at www.jabfm.org. JABFM is indexed by Medline, Index Medicus, and other services.