title: Accountable care organizations: characteristics, challenges and responses.
authors.forename: Jane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bliss-Holtz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002662:Child Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D018854:Managed Competition / Q000458:organization & administration; D008484:Medicaid / Q000458:organization & administration; D006278:Medicare / Q000458:organization & administration; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000592:standards; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D012956:Societies, Nursing; D014481:United States