The challenge of attribution: Responsibility for population health in the context of accountable care

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 102, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2012, Pages

  Gourevitch, Marc N ^a   Cannell, Thomas ^b   Boufford, Jo Ivey ^c   Summers, Cynthia ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^c NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATION; ARTICLE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATIONS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; UNITED STATES; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 84862523011     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300642     Document Type: Article

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