Payment reform for primary care within the accountable care organization: A critical issue for health system reform

JAMA

Volumn 308, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 577-578

  Goroll, Allan H ^a   Schoenbaum, Stephen C ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Josiah Macy Jr Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICARE; ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL DOWNSIZING; ORGANIZATIONAL EFFICIENCY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SHORT SURVEY; ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATION; ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; ECONOMICS; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; PATIENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATIONS; COST CONTROL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HUMANS; PATIENTS; PHYSICIANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK ADJUSTMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864829891     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2012.8696     Document Type: Short Survey

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