Comparing Health Care Quality: A National Directory links to 197 free and publicly available reports in 46 states. There are no reports for Alabama, Alaska, Hawaii and Idaho, the release said.
The directory also has 27 reports with information on the performance of hospitals and physicians nationally.
For example, people within a state can use the directory to compare cost and quality information on clinics and hospitals from a non-profit health system to information from a state hospital association. The release said the goal of this directory to help patients take a more proactive role in managing their own healthcare.
Read the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation news release on its online directory for quality healthcare.
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