title: Healthcare cost crisis and quality gap: our national dilemma.
abstract: Actions needed to achieve affordable, high-quality health care: make the healthcare system transparent; standardize information and reporting on costs, quality, and patient safety; make sure consumers have a financial stake in care decisions.
authors.affiliation: National Business Group on Health, Washington DC, USA. darling@businessgrouphealth.org
authors.forename: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Darling
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics* / Q000639:trends; D005249:Fees and Charges / Q000639:trends; D006264:Health Benefit Plans, Employee / Q000191:economics* / Q000639:trends; D017048:Health Care Costs / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000639:trends*; D014481:United States