Transparency and disclosure: the route to accountability

Veronica Goff

Transparency and disclosure: the route to accountability

Issue Brief (Inst Health Care Costs Solut). 2003 Mar-Apr;2(2):1-12.

Author

Veronica Goff¹

Affiliation

¹ Business Health Network, Falls Church, VA, USA.

PMID: 14518455

Abstract

This issue brief reviews hospital reporting initiatives designed for consumer use and discusses how employers can encourage greater transparency and disclosure in health care.

MeSH terms

Benchmarking
Disclosure*
Hospitals* / standards
Humans
Information Dissemination
Organizational Policy
Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care
Public Policy
Quality Indicators, Health Care*
United States