A quality-based payment strategy for nursing home care in Minnesota

Gerontologist

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 108-115

  Kane, Robert L ^a   Arling, Greg ^b   Mueller, Christine ^c   Held, Robert ^d   Cooke, Valerie ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR AGING RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d Minnesota Department of Human Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Accountability; Nursing homes; Pay for performance; Payment; Quality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING HOME; QUALITY OF LIFE; UNITED STATES;

FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MINNESOTA; NURSING HOMES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 34250904375     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/47.1.108     Document Type: Review

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