The past and future of the Affordable Care Act

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 316, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 497-499

  Skinner, Jonathan ^a,b   Chandra, Amitabh ^c  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

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

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATION; COST CONTROL; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; REIMBURSEMENT; TRENDS;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS;

EID: 84982792317     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2016.10158     Document Type: Editorial

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