Mayo Talks

Why are prescription drug costs so high in the United States? What role does the rebate system potentially play in drug availability? What is value-based pricing? Vincent Rajkumar, M.D. discuss research in this area and provides resources for health care providers to have discussions with patients about drug affordability. Check out his articles here: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mayocp.2012.07.007 and https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mayocp.2015.01.014