The potential for cost savings through bundled episode payments

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 366, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1075-1077

  Cutler, David M ^a,b   Ghosh, Kaushik ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATION; COST CONTROL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICAL SERVICE; MEDICARE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CENTER; REIMBURSEMENT; SHORT SURVEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84858630820     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1113361     Document Type: Article

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