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Effects of a medical home and shared savings intervention on quality and utilization of care

Collection:
Health Policy and Services Research
Series Title(s):
In the literature (Commonwealth Fund)
Author(s):
Schilling, Brian, author
Contributor(s):
Commonwealth Fund, issuing body.
Publication:
[New York, N.Y.] : Commonwealth Fund, 2015
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Cost Savings
Delivery of Health Care -- utilization
Patient-Centered Care
Quality of Health Care
Reimbursement, Incentive
Humans
United States
Genre(s):
Technical Report
Abstract:
A group of physician practices that participated in a medical home intervention that included a shared-savings bonus program outperformed a comparison group of practices on clinical quality. Patients in the participating practices also had comparatively fewer hospital and emergency room visits.
Copyright:
Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
Extent:
1 online resource (1 PDF file (2 unnumbered pages)).
NLM Unique ID:
101676214 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101676214