Health Affairs, 22, no. 2 (2003): 72 doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.22.2.72 © 2003 by Project HOPE	New Online   Pay Cuts For Medicare Docs   Access To Care Woes   Public Coverage More Efficient   Empowering Consumers

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Public Reporting Of Health Quality Information

PROLOGUE: Over the years researchers and quality advocates have proposed a variety of paths toward improving health care quality: regulation, competition, continuous quality improvement, and financial incentives. The following set of papers addresses the strategy of marketplace competition as a driver of quality. The linchpin of this strategy is public dissemination of timely, relevant, reliable information on health care quality that is useable by the consumer. The notion here is that with appropriate data on quality, the consumer can "vote" with his or her feet and choose only those health care providers that offer the best care.

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