Cost to patients barrier to counseling for obesity and smoking

Courtesy EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health  Mon, 02/01/2010 - 23:00

(Elsevier Health Sciences) In a study published in the March 2010 issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, researchers from Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, found that when primary care clinicians and community counselors collaborated to offer free counseling services to patients, there was an overwhelming positive response.

Yet, when the same services were offered at a cost to the patient, there was a significant drop in participation.

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