Public reporting, consumerism, and patient empowerment.
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چکیده
Public reporting of health care outcomes is largely ignored by consumers, perhaps because it doesn't include concise, comprehensible information on factors such as out-of-pocket costs, the effectiveness of a procedure or treatment, and applicability to their situation.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- The New England journal of medicine
دوره 369 20 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2013