Medicare's bundled payment pilot for acute and postacute care: Analysis and recommendations on where to begin

Health Affairs

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1708-1717

  Sood, Neeraj ^a   Huckfeldt, Peter J ^b   Escarce, José J ^c   Grabowski, David C ^d   Newhouse, Joseph P ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; COST; COST CONTROL; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MEDICARE; NURSING HOME; PILOT STUDY; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; REHABILITATION CENTER; REIMBURSEMENT; RISK; RISK MANAGEMENT; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84855662556     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2010.0394     Document Type: Article

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