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Health Affairs, 24, no. 6 (2005): 1543-1548 doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.24.6.1543 © 2005 by Project HOPE	New Online   Getting Health Reform Done   After the State of the Union   Incremental Reform   E-Health in Developing World   Most-Read Articles in 2009

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The Delivery System Matters

Francis J. Crosson

To meet the quality, affordability, and access challenges of today’s health care system, the Institute of Medicine’s (IOM’s) Crossing the Quality Chasm report described the critical competencies of a twenty-first-century health care system. A growing body of research suggests that the nation’s multispecialty group practices most nearly meet the delivery system challenges set forth by the IOM. A variety of current public and private initiatives and potential policy options could act as catalysts for the development and spread of group practice–based, accountable delivery systems that are effective and efficient.

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