A taxonomy of accountable care organizations for policy and practice

Health Services Research

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1883-1899

  Shortell, Stephen M ^a   Wu, Frances M ^a   Lewis, Valerie A ^b   Colla, Carrie H ^b   Fisher, Elliott S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Accountable care organizations; delivery of health care; health care reform; health policy; incentives in health care; Medicare

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATION; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH INSURANCE; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; TAXONOMY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; STANDARDS; UNITED STATES;

ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATIONS; HUMANS; POLICY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84912010780     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.12234     Document Type: Article

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