Medicare's bundled payment initiative: Most hospitals are focused on a few high-volume conditions

Health Affairs

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 371-380

  Tsai, Thomas C ^a,b,c   Joynt, Karen E ^a,c,d   Wild, Robert C ^a   Orav, E John ^a   Jha, Ashish K ^a,e  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Department of Surgery at Brigham and Women's Hospital ^*  (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^d Division of Cardiovascular Medicine   (United States)

^e Partners Health Organization   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; BUNDLED PAYMENTS FOR CARE IMPROVEMENT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HIGH VOLUME HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MEDICARE; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; TEACHING HOSPITAL; URBAN AREA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL COST; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL FEE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

EPISODE OF CARE; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH POLICY; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALS, HIGH-VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; POLICY MAKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84924608485     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2014.0900     Document Type: Article

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