What should accountable care organizations learn from the failure of health maintenance organizations? A theory based systematic review of the literature

• Main Authors: Amir Alishahi Tabriz (Author), Elham Nouri (Author), Huyen T Vu (Author), Van T. Nghiem (Author), Brandt Bettilyon (Author), Pooriya Gholamhoseyni (Author), Nazanin Kiapour (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Health Maintenance Organization (HMO), were once viewed as the most cost-effective model for achieving such efficient high-quality health care. A decade after the decline of HMOs a similar idea evolves and continues to proliferate under the rubric of Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs)...