Consumers' and providers' responses to public cost reports, and how to raise the likelihood of achieving desired results

Health Affairs

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 843-851

  Mehrotra, Ateev ^a,b   Hussey, Peter S ^b   Milstein, Arnold ^c   Hibbard, Judith H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSUMER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL INFORMATION;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; DISCLOSURE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEALTH CARE COSTS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MANDATORY PROGRAMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862491875     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2011.1181     Document Type: Article

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