Physician practice participation in accountable care organizations: The emergence of the unicorn

Health Services Research

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1519-1536

  Shortell, Stephen M ^a   McClellan, Sean R ^b   Ramsay, Patricia P ^a   Casalino, Lawrence P ^c   Ryan, Andrew M ^c   Copeland, Kennon R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Palo Alto Foundation Medical Group   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Accountable care organizations; Affordable Care Act; care management; physician practices

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; UNITED STATES; ASTHMA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORONARY DISEASE; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; TRENDS;

ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATIONS; ASTHMA; CORONARY DISEASE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84908222958     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.12167     Document Type: Article

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