Title: Health care administrative burdens: Centering patient experiences
Abstract: Health Services ResearchVolume 56, Issue 5 p. 751-754 DEBATE-COMMENTARY Health care administrative burdens: Centering patient experiences This article relates to: Patient administrative burden in the US health care system Michael Anne Kyle PhD, RN, Austin B. Frakt PhD, Volume 56Issue 5Health Services Research pages: 755-765 First Published online: September 8, 2021 Pamela Herd PhD, Corresponding Author Pamela Herd PhD [email protected] orcid.org/0000-0002-0137-5846 McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia, USA Correspondence Pamela Herd, McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown University, 37th and O St NW, Washington, DC 20057, USA. Email: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorDonald Moynihan PhD, Donald Moynihan PhD McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia, USASearch for more papers by this author Pamela Herd PhD, Corresponding Author Pamela Herd PhD [email protected] orcid.org/0000-0002-0137-5846 McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia, USA Correspondence Pamela Herd, McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown University, 37th and O St NW, Washington, DC 20057, USA. Email: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorDonald Moynihan PhD, Donald Moynihan PhD McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia, USASearch for more papers by this author First published: 13 September 2021 https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6773.13858 See related article by Kyle et al. 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