Value-driven health care: the purchasers' perspective.
Value-driven health care seeks to directly link quality health care to reimbursement. The 4 cornerstones of this movement are health information technology standards, quality standards, price standards, and incentives. These standards and how purchasers plan to implement them are summarized in this article.
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Ruth C
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Department of Radiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0030, USA. rcarlos@umich.edu
D003258:Consumer Behavior / Q000191:economics*; D017048:Health Care Costs; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000191:economics*; D011871:Radiology / Q000191:economics*; D012052:Reimbursement, Incentive / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States