ACOs - Promise, not panacea

JAMA

Volumn 308, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1038-1039

  Berwick, Donald M ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENT   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATION; COST CONTROL; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; ORGANIZATIONAL EFFICIENCY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84866123773     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/2012.jama.11486     Document Type: Editorial

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