Availability of Consumer Prices From US Hospitals for a Common Surgical Procedure
Open Access
- 25 March 2013
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA Internal Medicine
- Vol. 173 (6), 427-432
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.460
Abstract
As US health care spending has continued to grow at what is widely viewed as an unsustainable rate, policy makers and researchers have proposed numerous interventions.1,2 While potential solutions vary widely, nearly all will include incentives for patients to play a more active role in selecting hospitals and physicians on the basis of quality and price.3-5Keywords
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