Physicians' participation in ACOs is lower in places with vulnerable populations than in more affluent communities

Health Affairs

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1382-1390

  Yasaitis, Laura C ^a   Pajerowski, William ^b   Polsky, Daniel ^c   Werner, Rachel M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d University of Pennsylvaniaand   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABLED PERSON; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MEDICARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; POVERTY; VULNERABLE POPULATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MEDICARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POVERTY; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84982296496     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2015.1635     Document Type: Article

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