Price Transparency in Health Care Has Been Disappointing, but It Doesn’t Have to Be
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The disruptive innovation of price transparency in health care.
Until very recently,healthcare in theUnitedStateswas deliveredbehind the securewalls of a fortress that kept informationonthepriceschargedforhealthcareandthe quality of that care opaque from public view. Over time, enormousandever-increasing amounts of money have disappeared behind the fortress walls. Much good undoubtedly was done for patients entering the castle in search of succor. But it ha...
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عنوان ژورنال: JAMA
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0098-7484
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2019.14603