Understanding and Addressing Patient and Provider Preferences Around Discussions of Cost of Breast Cancer Care

The second group of 50 patients will be the intervention group where the providers will have a discussion of cost emphasizing five points: 1) Cancer care is expensive and it is normal to be concerned about cost. 2) We will recommend treatments for your cancer based on what we think gives you the best chance of doing well, not based on the cost of the treatment. 3) Because of how complex our healthcare system is, it is very hard for your doctors to know what your costs will be, but we will do our best to give you some general information. 4) We have resources available to help you get more specific information so that you can plan appropriately. 5) Do you have any specific concerns about cost that you'd like to share with me?