Analysis of early accountable care organizations defines patient, structural, cost, and quality-of-care characteristics

Health Affairs

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 95-102

  Epstein, Arnold M ^a   Jha, Ashish K ^a   Orav, E John ^b   Liebman, Daniel L ^a   Audet, Anne Marie J ^c   Zezza, Mark A ^c   Guterman, Stuart ^c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c The Department of Health Policy and Management Harvard School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; POPULATION; TEACHING HOSPITAL; VERY ELDERLY; COST; ECONOMICS; HEALTH STATUS; INCOME; INSURANCE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATIONS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84891795475     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2013.1063     Document Type: Article

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