Using administrative data to identify naturally occurring networks of physicians

Medical Care

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 715-721

  Landon, Bruce E ^a,b   Onnela, Jukka Pekka ^a,c   Keating, Nancy L ^a,d   Barnett, Michael L ^a,d   Paul, Sudeshna ^a   O'Malley, Alistair J ^a   Keegan, Thomas ^a   Christakis, Nicholas A ^a,b,e  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accountable Care Organizations; Medicare; social networks

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATION; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY CARE; DERMATOLOGIST; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICARE; NEUROLOGIST; ORTHOPEDIC SPECIALIST; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIST;

ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATIONS; ALGORITHMS; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MEDICARE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880743668     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3182977991     Document Type: Article

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