title: Transparency and disclosure: the route to accountability.
abstract: This issue brief reviews hospital reporting initiatives designed for consumer use and discusses how employers can encourage greater transparency and disclosure in health care.
mesh_terms: D019985:Benchmarking; D030881:Disclosure; D006761:Hospitals / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination; D016134:Organizational Policy; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D011640:Public Policy; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D014481:United States