title: Evaluate and communicate health care benefits.
abstract: Both employers and employees need appropriate information to make intelligent decisions about health care benefits. For employers, analysis of health care data offers an approach to monitoring quality care and can provide a tool for controlling costs. For employees, an education and communication strategy is probably the single most important factor influencing both program utilization and employee acceptance.
authors.affiliation: Cornell University Medical College, USA.
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Finkel
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D003363:Cost Control; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006264:Health Benefit Plans, Employee / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D010559:Personnel Management; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D014481:United States; D014600:Utilization Review / Q000592:standards