Changes in postacute care in the medicare shared savings program

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 177, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 518-526

  McWilliams, J Michael ^a,b   Gilstrap, Lauren G ^a,b   Stevenson, David G ^c   Chernew, Michael E ^a   Huskamp, Haiden A ^a   Grabowski, David C ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST CONTROL; DISABILITY; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; MEDICAL FEE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZATION; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBACUTE CARE; UNITED STATES;

ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATIONS; AGED; COST SAVINGS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES; SUBACUTE CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85018193706     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.9115     Document Type: Article

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