Competitive Kaisers: The future of American healthcare is vertically integrated accountable care organizations where patient members pay for health care instead of health insurance

Neurosurgery

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Zusman, Edie ^a   Reagan, Rex ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSURANCE; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84878826772     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.neu.0000430732.32997.71     Document Type: Article

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