The value-based payment modifier: Program outcomes and implications for disparities

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 168, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 255-265

  Roberts, Eric T ^a   Zaslavsky, Alan M ^b   Mcwilliams, J Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIERARCHICAL CONDITION CATEGORY SCORE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LOW RISK PATIENT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICAID; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; AGED; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; MALE; REIMBURSEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES (U.S.); FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; PATIENT READMISSION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; RISK ADJUSTMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85042293587     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/M17-1740     Document Type: Article

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