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Healthcare Shopping and the Quest for Information

By Kerry Grens on Wednesday, July 19, 2006.

This week NHPR is taking an in-depth look at consumer driven health care.

A key idea behind consumer driven care is that patients will become smart shoppers and get the best value for their healthcare dollars.

But in order to shop for something, a person needs some information: what’s it going to cost, and how good is the quality?

New Hampshire Public Radio’s Kerry Grens looks at the tools patients can turn to in New Hampshire.

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