Accountable care organizations - The risk of failure and the risks of success

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 371, Issue 18, 2014, Pages 1750-1751

  Casalino, Lawrence P ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATION; BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD; COST CONTROL; EDITORIAL; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; MEDICARE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PROGRAM COST EFFECTIVENESS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REIMBURSEMENT; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MALE; NOTE; PATIENT SATISFACTION;

ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATIONS; BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD INSURANCE PLANS; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; STATE HEALTH PLANS;

EID: 84908433366     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe1410660     Document Type: Editorial

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