One of the major assumptions in the free-market model is that consumers and providers have all the information that is needed to make decisions on purchases: Discuss areas of information that a prospective patient might need concerning a surgical procedure at a surgical center

One of the major assumptions in the free-market model is that consumers and providers have all the information that is needed to make decisions on purchases:

• Discuss areas of information that a prospective patient might need concerning a surgical procedure at a surgical center.
• Discuss whether that information is available.
• Discuss how that information might be made available.

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