Feb. 5, 2020
Europe
Publication
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Horizontal and Vertical Integration of Health Care Providers: A Framework for Understanding Various Provider Organizational Structures
Current U.S. policy and payment initiatives aim to encourage health care provider accountability for population health and higher value care, resulting in efforts to integrate providers along the continuum. Providers work together through diverse organizational structures, yet evidence is limited regarding how to best organize the delivery system to achieve higher value care.