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# Becoming accountable—opportunities and obstacles for ACOs.

Luft HS.

_N Engl J Med. 363(15):1389-91. doi: 10.1056/NEJMp1009380._

2010-10-07

## Abstract

Becoming accountable—opportunities and obstacles for ACOs.

[PubMed abstract](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20925539)

## Research topics

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