The Road to Making Patient-Centered Care Real : Policy Vehicles and Potholes : research report

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This report examines the origins of the term "patient-centered care" and its current meaning; reviews laws that have been important vehicles for moving patient-centeredness from ideal to real; reviews some of the measurement tools and research involved in enabling patient-centeredness to become operational as well as aspirational; and examines the obstacles that can obstruct progress and implementation of patient-centered care.

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