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To the Editor: In an otherwise insightful review of the challenges of public accountability, Lee et al. (June 3 issue)¹ fail to place the patient squarely at the center of the health care system. Patients and consumers are demanding — and deserve — information about how to choose the best doctor. One rarely hears patients ask for the "best medical group" when they are ill.

The majority of physicians practice in groups smaller than 10, the threshold that Lee et al. chose. With the use of their rule, more than half of Americans would not have the kind of information . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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