Open AccessAvailability of Consumer Prices From US Hospitals for a Common Surgical Procedure
Author(s) -
Jaime Rosenthal,
Xin Lu,
Peter Cram
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
jama internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.14
H-Index - 342
eISSN - 2168-6114
pISSN - 2168-6106
DOI - 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.460
Subject(s) - medicine , orthopedic surgery , quality (philosophy) , health care , sample (material) , family medicine , surgery , philosophy , epistemology , economics , economic growth , chemistry , chromatography
Many proposals for health care reform incentivize patients to play a more active role in selecting health care providers on the basis of quality and price. While data on quality are increasingly available, availability of pricing data is uncertain.
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