title: Outcomes research, PORTs, and health care reform.
authors.affiliation: Center for the Evaluative Clinical Sciences, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH 03755-3863.
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Wennberg
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Barry
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Fowler
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mulley
mesh_terms: D002755:Choice Behavior; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D003657:Decision Making; D018166:Health Care Reform; D006291:Health Policy; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008017:Life Expectancy; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010358:Patient Participation; D011469:Prostatic Diseases / Q000401:mortality / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D012107:Research Design; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D016270:United States Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality