Report: Cost a Key Factor in Global Association Engagement

A new report identifies cost as the chief barrier keeping international stakeholders from engaging with U.S. medical associations.

Navigating the Rocky Shores of Global Expansion, released last week by the consulting firm Global Navigators in collaboration with the Council of Medical Specialty Societies, is based on a survey of more than 3,100 physicians based outside of the United States. Overall, respondents gave U.S. medical societies high marks: More than half (52 percent) said they would recommend them for "information/guidance related to specialty or clinical practice."

However, only 40 percent of participants say they consider U.S. practice guidelines important, and more than half (58 percent) say cost challenges are a key barrier to their engagement with U.S. groups.

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