Collective accountability for medical care - Toward bundled medicare payments

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 359, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 3-5

  Hackbarth, Glenn ^a   Reischauer, Robert ^a   Mutti, Anne ^b  

^a MedPAC   (United States)

^b URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICARE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; SELF CARE; SHORT SURVEY; ARTICLE; COST; ECONOMICS; FEE; GOVERNMENT; MEDICAL FEE; REIMBURSEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES (U.S.); COST ALLOCATION; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; HOSPITALIZATION; MEDICARE; RATE SETTING AND REVIEW; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; RISK ADJUSTMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 46449110915     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp0803749     Document Type: Article

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