title: Report cards can improve choice.
abstract: Consumers want accurate and impartial information to help them select the best health plan. To arm them with such information, employers, state agencies and the media are publishing report cards for managed care plans. Disagreement exists, however, about the content and format of the report cards, as well as the best way to disseminate the information.
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Grimaldi
mesh_terms: D002755:Choice Behavior; D016208:Databases, Factual; D006801:Humans; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000592:standards*; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D011787:Quality of Health Care