Beyond ACOs and bundled payments medicare's shift toward accountability in fee-for-service

JAMA

Volumn 311, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 673-674

  Chen, Christopher ^a   Clay Ackerly, D ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATION; COST CONTROL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 84894136251     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2014.11     Document Type: Short Survey

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