How does quality enter into health care purchasing decisions?
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A number of employers, business consortia, and public purchasers are promoting “value-based purchasing” as a way to improve the quality of patient care. Some purchasers are using publicly available information on health plan and provider performance to make their health plan and provider choices, while others are using their market power to drive improvements in patient care and safety. From a review we conducted of published literature on value-based purchasing, six key strategies used by purchasers emerge:
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Issue brief
دوره 635 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2003