It also may work to provide more cooperation between smaller providers and lower costs.

It can however be difficult to compare services between providers without standard units of measurement.

Efforts are underway to create a common, national structure for communication between patients and providers over the internet.

Competition between different providers of trains on the same route will not work, they say.

Each provider may charge an extra connection fee when making calls between different providers.

Communication between patients and providers is also vitally important for safety, especially outside the hospital.

Comparing prices between providers is never easy because no schemes are identical.

Flexibility would increase competition between providers which will benefit investors.

Ask Me 3 is an educational program designed to improve communication between patients and providers through focus on three basic questions.

Some travel policies will also provide cover for additional costs, although these vary widely between providers.