title: Redefining value in health care: a new imperative.
abstract: Higher spending does not buy higher quality care, but it often buys unnecessary care. Some remedies include: Eliminate unnecessary care. Provide consumers with reliable and accessible information about quality. Find new healthcare system financial incentives, such as pay for performance.
authors.affiliation: National Committee for Quality Assurance. okane@ncqa.org
authors.forename: Margaret E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: O'Kane
mesh_terms: D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis / Q000379:methods; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational / Q000191:economics; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital; D006801:Humans; D009042:Motivation; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D014481:United States