Kidney Disease Population Health Management in the Era of Accountable Care: A Conceptual Framework for Optimizing Care Across the CKD Spectrum

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 122-131

  Mendu, Mallika L ^a   Waikar, Sushrut S ^a   Rao, Sandhya K ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

accountable care organization (ACO); Affordable Care Act; Chronic kidney disease (CKD); end stage renal disease (ESRD); healthcare delivery; healthcare policy; population health management; process improvement; quality metrics

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DIAGNOSTIC REASONING; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTRONIC NEPHROLOGY CONSULT; END STAGE RENAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT-REPORTED OUTCOME; POPULATION RESEARCH; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SHARED DECISION MAKING; TELEHEALTH; COMPLICATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEMODIALYSIS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATIONS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RENAL DIALYSIS; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC;

EID: 85010918241     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: 15236838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2016.11.013     Document Type: Article

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