Early performance of accountable care organizations in medicare

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 374, Issue 24, 2016, Pages 2357-2366

  McWilliams, J Michael ^a,b   Hatfield, Laura A ^a   Chernew, Michael E ^a   Landon, Bruce E ^a,c   Schwartz, Aaron L ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATION; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICARE; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; TREND STUDY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATIONS; COST SAVINGS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MEDICARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84974816058     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMsa1600142     Document Type: Article

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