Spending differences associated with the Medicare Physician Group Practice Demonstration

JAMA

Volumn 308, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1015-1023

  Colla, Carrie H ^a,b   Wennberg, David E ^a   Meara, Ellen ^a,d   Skinner, Jonathan S ^a,c,d   Gottlieb, Daniel ^a   Lewis, Valerie A ^a   Snyder, Christopher M ^c,d   Fisher, Elliott S ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

^b NORRIS COTTON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c Dartmouth College   (United States)

^d NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866081958     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/2012.jama.10812     Document Type: Article

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