Using report cards to grade health plan quality.
Judging the quality of health care that a plan delivers so consumers can make informed purchasing decisions is at the heart of the major federal health reform proposals. Health care "report cards" are an important step in this direction. But they cannot, by themselves, inform consumers or improve health system performance.
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D003256:Community Participation / Q000379:methods*; D003258:Consumer Behavior / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003363:Cost Control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003625:Data Collection; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006279:Health Maintenance Organizations / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards; D007255:Information Services; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States