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June 1, 2006 | Journal Article
The Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice report Improving Health Care: A Dose of Competition (2004) recommends a number of market-based reforms to improve the quality of care and reduce the trend in health benefit spending. The authors ...
August 1, 2012 | Issue Brief
16 communities. 37 million people. One goal.
June 30, 2009 | Story
Half of all consumers rely on word-of-mouth recommendations.
June 30, 2009 | Story
Related websites DiabetesMine This slide provides an overview of DiabetesMine, a blog that was started by a diabetes patient to provide straight talk and encouragement for consumers.
July 1, 2012 | Issue Brief
The use of patient-facing health information technology (HIT) platforms, such as personal health records (PHRs) and web portals, holds the promise of engaging patients in their own health care with the ultimate purpose of improving overall quality a ...
March 12, 2006 | Program Result
Georgetown University Medical Center's Institute for Health Care Research and Policy created a Web site to provide state-specific guides for consumers on getting and keeping health insurance.
January 1, 2002 | Book
An examination of the Foundation's consumer choice programs and preliminary lessons learned from each.
September 26, 2002 | Program Result
The Public Policy & Education Fund of New York prepared and distributed two editions - a first version and an update - of The Managed Care Consumers' Bill of Rights: A Health Policy Guide for Consumer Advocates.
August 1, 2000 | Program Result
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services conducted the second and third of a series of national conferences called "Partnerships for Networked Consumer Health Information."
January 1, 2008 | Program Result
Pacific Business Group on Health researchers examined how consumers use patient ratings of physician quality to make selections of personal physicians.