Accountability across the Continuum: The Participation of Postacute Care Providers in Accountable Care Organizations

Health Services Research

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1595-1611

  Colla, Carrie H ^b   Lewis, Valerie A ^b   Bergquist, Savannah L ^a   Shortell, Stephen M ^c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accountable care organizations; health care reform; postacute care

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; STATISTICS; STUDY DESIGN;

EID: 84978306073     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.12442     Document Type: Article

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