How Cost Impacts the Patient and Provider Journey

As out-of-pocket costs rise, this barrier may persist and grow, which could increase the likelihood of patients delaying or forgoing health and wellness care for themselves and loved ones due to concerns with how to pay.

You may be surprised at how much cost impacts a patient’s decisions and behaviors today and just how wide the gap is between how they said they want and need cost to be handled, and how it is handled by most providers¹ including payment options offered.

 Flexible financing with the CareCredit credit card can help address these barriers and gaps by empowering providers to help more patients commit to the health and wellness care they want and need.

Read the latest research in "How Cost Impacts the Patient and Provider Journey" to learn:

• How cost and payment options factor into patient decisions for care
• Average out-of-pocket costs within specific healthcare industries
• When and how patients prefer to have discussions about cost
• Payment options healthcare practices are offering and how those align with patient preferences
• How financing and proactive cost discussions can help both patients and providers