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Guides resource measurement in economic evaluations; supports patient reports for visits but leaves open medication cost accuracy without provider data.
Patients' reports seem as valid as providers' reports for hospital days and outpatient visits. For medications and care products, we recommend the use of reports from providers of care, whenever feasible, because they much less underestimate volumes and costs than patients.
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