Accountable care organizations in the United States: Market and demographic factors associated with formation

Health Services Research

Volumn 48, Issue 6 PART1, 2013, Pages 1840-1858

  Lewis, Valerie A ^a   Colla, Carrie H ^a   Carluzzo, Kathleen L ^a   Kler, Sarah E ^a   Fisher, Elliott S ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Accountable care organizations; Delivery of health care; Health care costs; Health care reform; Health policy; Incentives in health care; Medicare

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATION; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; MANAGED CARE; MARKET; MEDICARE; POPULATION; POVERTY; UNITED STATES; HEALTH INSURANCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INCENTIVES IN HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS;

ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATIONS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MEDICARE; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATIONS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH POLICY; INCENTIVES IN HEALTH CARE; MEDICARE;

EID: 84892982498     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.12102     Document Type: Article

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