USING REPORT CARDS TO GRADE HEALTH PLAN QUALITY

Authors
LEATHERMAN S CHASE D
Citation
S. Leatherman et D. Chase, USING REPORT CARDS TO GRADE HEALTH PLAN QUALITY, The Journal of American health policy, 4(1), 1994, pp. 32-40
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Heath Policy & Services
Journal title
The Journal of American health policy → ACNP
ISSN journal
1055324X
Volume
4
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
32 - 40
Database
ISI
SICI code
1055-324X(1994)4:1<32:URCTGH>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
Judging the quality of health care that a plan delivers so consumers c an make informed purchasing decisions is at the heart of the major fed eral health reform proposals. Health care ''report cards'' are an impo rtant step in this direction. But they cannot, by themselves, inform c onsumers or improve health system performance.