Accountable care organizations may have difficulty avoiding the failures of integrated delivery networks of the 1990s

Health Affairs

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2407-2416

  Burns, Lawton R ^a   Pauly, Mark V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LAW; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICARE; MEDICATION ERROR; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; RISK MANAGEMENT;

ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATIONS; COST SAVINGS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84871864135     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2011.0675     Document Type: Article

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