Report Cards Can Improve Choice

Consumers want accurate and impartial information to help them select the best health plan. To arm them with such information, employers, state agencies and the media are publishing report cards for managed care plans. Disagreement exists, however; about the content and format of the report cards, a...

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Published in:Nursing management 1997-05, Vol.28 (5), p.26-29
Main Author: GRIMALDI, PAUL L
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Benchmarks
Choice Behavior
Consumers
Databases, Factual
Employers
Health care policy
Health maintenance organizations
HMOs
Humans
Managed care
Managed Care Programs - standards
Measurement
Medicaid
Medical personnel
Medicare
Nursing
Patient Acceptance of Health Care
Prenatal care
Preventive medicine
Quality of Health Care
Quality of service
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Summary:Consumers want accurate and impartial information to help them select the best health plan. To arm them with such information, employers, state agencies and the media are publishing report cards for managed care plans. Disagreement exists, however; about the content and format of the report cards, as well as the best way to disseminate the information. [Nurs Manage 1997:28(5):26–27,29]
ISSN:0744-6314
1538-8670
DOI:10.1097/00006247-199705010-00005