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J Health Care Finance
; 29(3): 38-47, 2003.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-12635993
ABSTRACT
Payers and consumers across the United States are expressing discontent with their health plans. We are witnessing a market-based demand for accreditation as a guarantee of acceptable quality in health services. Increasingly, accreditation by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) is being viewed as the "gold standard" for health plans. This article presents a model for allocating resources and a cost analysis of anticipated expenditures associated with achieving this objective.