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Public Reporting on Health and Social Care Services
(Published earlier in "Handbook of Research on Optimizing Healthcare Management Techniques", IGI Global © 2020)
Authors: Suomi Reima, Damalie Elorm
Editors: Information Resources Management Association
Publisher: IGI Global
Publication year: 2021
Book title : Research Anthology on Public Health Services, Policies, and Education
First page : 378
Last page: 398
Number of pages: 21
ISBN: 978-1-79988-960-1
eISBN: 978-1-79988-961-8
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-8960-1.ch016(external)
Web address : https://www.igi-global.com/chapter/public-reporting-on-health-and-social-care-services/281984(external)
The growth of the healthcare sector has led to innovative ways to cater to consumers' needs, with some of the rich, developed countries at the forefront. An in-depth understanding of them enables a successfully implemented and useful system for consumers. Public reporting is developed mainly for and around consumers. In this chapter, the authors take a general look at public reporting on health and social care services. They examine the existing reporting systems and the issues they encounter. There are significant benefits of public reporting on health and social care services, but we currently do not know the limits of such reporting. Citizens need such information services when deciding from there to acquire health and social care services for themselves or their families and relatives. Service providers need these information services for benchmarking purposes and for the development of their service offerings.