title: Business-led efforts to control costs.
abstract: Business-led initiatives to compare medical quality and prices are becoming commonplace as employers seek ways to cap medical expenses. But employers are meeting with varying degrees of cooperation from hospitals. The tale of two cities' efforts to pry open the secrets of controlling costs provides a vivid contrast in the way purchasers have tried to solve the cost-containment puzzle.
authors: P J
authors: PJ
authors: Kenkel
mesh_terms: D003132:Commerce; D003363:Cost Control / Q000379:methods*; D003625:Data Collection; D005249:Fees and Charges; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital; D006265:Health Care Coalitions; D008923:Missouri; D009820:Ohio; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D014481:United States