Innovation in the Safety Net: Integrating Community Health Centers Through Accountable Care

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1484-1490

  Lewis, Valerie A ^a   Colla, Carrie H ^a   Schoenherr, Karen E ^a   Shortell, Stephen M ^b   Fisher, Elliott S ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

accountable care; community health centers; health care costs; health care delivery; health care reform; integrated care; safety net; underserved populations

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATION; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SAFETY NET HOSPITAL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATIONS; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SAFETY-NET PROVIDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84930892544     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-014-2911-0     Document Type: Article

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