Grand junction, Colorado: How a community drew on its values to shape a superior health system

Health Affairs

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1678-1686

  Thorson, Marsha ^a   Brock, Jane ^b   Mitchell, Jason ^b   Lynn, Joanne ^b  

^a Mesa County Health Department   (United States)

^b Colorado Foundation for Medical Care ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; COMMUNITY CARE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; UNITED STATES;

CHRONIC DISEASE; COLORADO; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, RELIGIOUS; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MEDICARE PART A; MEDICARE PART B; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REGIONAL MEDICAL PROGRAMS; RISK MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84869006889     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2010.0488     Document Type: Article

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