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A hundred thousand Americans lose their health insurance every month. The cost of health care consumes a huge portion of the gross national product and slows down the economy. We attempt to lower behavioral healthcare costs by reducing eligibility, inpatient treatment, length of service, and access to specific treatments, without measuring the impacts of those reductions on the clinical effectiveness of our treatment - a procedure akin to performing neurosurgery blindfolded. In view of all this, healthcare reform has taken on the aura of inevitability.
What role will outcome measurement have in the healthcare reform plan proposed by the Clinton Administration? It ...