Medicare's transitional care payment - A step toward the medical home

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 368, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 692-694

  Bindman, Andrew B ^a,b   Blum, Jonathan D ^a   Kronick, Richard ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MEDICAID; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICARE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

EID: 84874006042     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1214122     Document Type: Article

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