Delivery system integration and health care spending and quality for medicare beneficiaries

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 173, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 1447-1456

  McWilliams, J Michael ^a,b   Chernew, Michael E ^a   Zaslavsky, Alan M ^a   Hamed, Pasha ^a   Landon, Bruce E ^a,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 84882285469     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.6886     Document Type: Review

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