title: The report card's role in health care decision making: Part I.
abstract: In the initial installment of a two-part article, the author suggests that report cards must evolve further before they can become truly useful measures of health plans or providers. They are a beginning, however, and some decisions can be made based on the claims data and process-based measures available today.
authors.affiliation: National Association of Managed Care Physicians (American College of Managed Care Medicine), Glen Allen, VA, USA.
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Kaplan
mesh_terms: D003657:Decision Making; D006264:Health Benefit Plans, Employee; D007255:Information Services; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D014481:United States