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Article: Does patient cost sharing lead to better care?(Pro & Con)
- Article from:
- OB GYN News
- Article date:
- February 1, 2004
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YES Consumer cost sharing is by no means a preferred tool by which to optimize the value of health spending.
A better approach would be to rely primarily on clinicians and hospitals. However, the triad of professionalism, government regulation, and managed care insurers has proved insufficient to achieve consistent delivery of high quality, cost-effective care, as articulated by the Institute of Medicine in its "Crossing the Quality Chasm" report.
If we use cost sharing, it should be supplemented with provider payment reforms. In addition, we should tailor it to promoting high quality of care at the most affordable total cost of services, rather than ...