Medicare's Acute Care Episode Demonstration: Effects of Bundled Payments on Costs and Quality of Surgical Care

Health Services Research

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 632-648

  Chen, Lena M ^a,b   Ryan, Andrew M ^a,c   Shih, Terry ^a,d   Thumma, Jyothi R ^a,d   Dimick, Justin B ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

health policy politics law regulation; Program evaluation; surgery

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL OUTCOME; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; POLITICS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STUDY DESIGN; SUBACUTE CARE; SURGERY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; PATIENT CARE; REIMBURSEMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; EPISODE OF CARE; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; MEDICARE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PATIENT READMISSION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; SUBACUTE CARE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85017104743     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.12681     Document Type: Article

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