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3. Accountability for Quality of Care Under Medicare Should Be Strengthened
3. Accountability for Quality of Care Under Medicare Should Be Strengthened
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It underscores the importance of being mindful of people's well-being and welfare and of keeping patients and their families well informed about alternative health care interventions and their expected outcomes. Current professional knowledge emphasizes that health professionals must stay abreast of the dynamic knowledge base in their professions and take responsibility for explaining to their patients the processes and expected outcomes of care.
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Effectively functioning markets require that patients, employers, and other consumers have good information for decision making, including knowledge about the performance of health plans and the efficacy, effectiveness, and cost-effectiveness of health services, both new and established. Health-services researchers, government agencies, health plans, purchaser coalitions, and others have done much to improve ways of measuring health outcomes, comparing the outcomes of different health care practices, evaluating the performance of health care providers and practitioners, and developing credible and useful guidance for patients and clinicians in making medical decisions.
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