Ethical challenges for accountable care organizations: A structured review

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1392-1399

  Decamp, Matthew ^a   Farber, Neil J ^b   Torke, Alexia M ^c   George, Maura ^d   Berger, Zackary ^a   Keirns, Carla C ^e   Kaldjian, Lauris C ^f  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GRADY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

accountable care organizations; ethics; health reform; physician patient relationship

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONTENT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL ETHICS; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PRIVACY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROFESSIONALISM; PROTECTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; THREAT; ECONOMICS; ETHICS; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION;

ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATIONS; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EID: 84907860562     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-014-2833-x     Document Type: Review

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