Hospital networks and value-based payment: Fertile ground for regionalizing high-risk surgery

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 314, Issue 13, 2015, Pages 1335-1336

  Chhabra, Karan R ^a   Dimick, Justin B ^b,c  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIATRIC SURGERY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HIGH VOLUME HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LOW VOLUME HOSPITAL; MEDICARE; NOTE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONALIZATION; REIMBURSEMENT; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; HOSPITAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PURCHASING; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGEON; SURGERY; UNITED STATES;

HOSPITALS; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGEONS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UNITED STATES; VALUE-BASED PURCHASING;

EID: 84943386380     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2015.9803     Document Type: Note

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