Primary Care Clinics and Accountable Care Organizations

• Main Authors: Judith Ortiz PhD (Author), Chiung-Ya Tang PhD (Author), Yi-Ling Lin MS (Author), Maysoun D. Masri ScD, MBA, MPH (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: The Accountable Care Organization (ACO) is one of the new models of health care delivery in the United States. To date, little is known about the characteristics of health care organizations that have joined ACOs. We report on the findings of a survey of primary care clinics, the objecti...