quarta-feira, setembro 26

Escolher os prestadores


Convinced that consumer choice is the key to improving health care, in 2005 the government launched “Choose and Book”, a computerised system that patients and family doctors could use together to select health-care providers. link
June saw the launch of NHS Choices, a website where patients can compare health-care providers on several measures, so far mostly matters such as waiting lists and cleanliness rather than success rates. By April 2008 it will cover all specialties, and frantic work is being done to provide meaningful indicators in fields where mere survival is not a useful measure.
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