Moving toward implementation: The potential for accountable care organizations and private-public partnerships to advance active neighborhood design

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue S, 2014, Pages S98-S101

  Zusman, Edie E ^a   Carr, Sara Jensen ^b   Robinson, Judy ^c   Kasirye, Olivia ^c   Zell, Bonnie ^d   Miller, William Jahmal ^e   Duarte, Teri ^f   Engel, Adrian B ^g   Hernandez, Monica ^h   Horton, Mark B ⁱ   Williams, Frank ^j  

^a Eden Medical Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Sacramento Regional County   (United States)

^d Hospital Quality Institute   (United States)

^e California Department of Public Health Office of Family Planning   (United States)

^f WALKSacramento   (United States)

^g Echelon Transportation Group   (United States)

^h Sacramento Area Council of Governments   (United States)

ⁱ The Advisory Board ^*  (United States)

^j The Advisory Board   (United States)

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Author keywords

Accountable care organizations; Communities; Environment; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Public health

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATION; ARTICLE; CITY PLANNING; CLIMATE; COMMUNITY; CURRICULUM; ENVIRONMENT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; NEIGHBORHOOD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; SOCIAL JUSTICE; COOPERATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HEALTH PROMOTION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; UNITED STATES;

ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATIONS; CALIFORNIA; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ORGANIZATIONS, NONPROFIT; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; PUBLIC-PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84916631137     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2014.08.009     Document Type: Article

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