The Client Is Receiving a New and Expensive Medication

question 6

Multiple Choice

The client is receiving a new and expensive medication.The client asks the nurse why the medication is so expensive compared with other medications.What is the nurse's best response?

• A)The drug companies spend too much money on marketing,and the cost gets passed on to you."
• B)It is expensive,but your insurance company will probably pay for it."
• C)These drugs are very expensive to develop and to bring to market."
• D)I agree with you.You would think they could lower the cost of the drug."

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P < .05

A commonly used criterion in statistical hypothesis testing that indicates there is less than a 5% probability the observed differences or relationship occurred by chance, suggesting the results are statistically significant.

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