Primary care focus and utilization in the Medicare shared savings program accountable care organizations

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• 作者：Lindsey A. Herrel ; John Z. Ayanian ; Scott R. Hawken…
• 关键词：Accountable care organizations ; Primary care ; Utilization
• 刊名：BMC Health Services Research
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：December 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：17
• 期：1
• 全文大小：514KB
• 刊物主题：Public Health; Health Administration; Health Informatics; Nursing Research;
• 出版者：BioMed Central
• ISSN：1472-6963
• 卷排序：17

文摘

BackgroundAlthough Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) are defined by the provision of primary care services, the relationship between the intensity of primary care and population-level utilization and costs of health care services has not been examined during early implementation of Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) ACOs. Our objective was to evaluate the association between primary care focus and healthcare utilization and spending in the first performance period of the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs).