Health Care Viewed through the Lens of Information
Health Care Viewed through the Lens of Information
The U.S. health care system is driven as much by centralized bureaucracies as by market dynamics and suffers from information shortcomings as a result. Neither patients nor healthcare providers have access to good information, leading to a highly inefficient system. Better systems for rating doctors and hospitals and for understanding health care spending are beginning to emerge and can be accelerated.
Keywords: Health care, Medicare statistics, American Medical Association, Medical costs
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