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Interest in organizational contributions to the delivery of care has risen significantly in recent
years. A challenge facing researchers, practitioners, and policy makers is identifying ways to …

Many goods and services can be readily provided through a series of unconnected
transactions, but in health care, close coordination over time and within care episodes …

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Background: Growing evidence shows that hospitals are increasingly employing physicians.
Objective: To examine changes in US acute care hospitals that reported employment …

Describing, evaluating, and conducting research on the questions raised by comparative
effectiveness research and characterizing care delivery organizations of all kinds, from …

This study examines effects of physician supply and diversity on hospitalization for
ambulatory care sensitive conditions (ACSH). Data are from 31 metropolitan areas in the …

Objective. To determine the relationship between hospital–physician affiliations and the
treatments, expenditures, and outcomes of patients. Data Sources. Sources include the …

Background Avoidable hospitalizations (AH) are hospital admissions for diseases and
conditions that could have been prevented by appropriate ambulatory care. We examine …

Background This study aimed at evaluating face and content validity, feasibility and
reliability of process quality indicators developed previously in the United States or other …