The Impact of a Home-Based Palliative Care Program in an Accountable Care Organization

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 23-28

  Lustbader, Dana ^a   Mudra, Mitchell ^b   Romano, Carole ^b   Lukoski, Ed ^b   Chang, Andy ^b   Mittelberger, James ^b   Scherr, Terry ^b   Cooper, David ^c  

^a LLP ^*  (United States)

^b OPTUM   (United States)

^c ProHEALTH Care Associates LLP   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATION; COST CONTROL; HOSPICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICARE; NEW YORK; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOME CARE; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATIONS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COST SAVINGS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; NEW YORK; PALLIATIVE CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85007232667     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2016.0265     Document Type: Article

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