Paying for performance in nursing homes: Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1959-1962

  Ouslander, Joseph G ^a,b,c  

^a Boca Raton Community Hospital   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICARE; NURSING HOME; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; REWARD; TERMINAL CARE;

HUMANS; MEDICARE; NURSING HOMES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 53149084124     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.01924.x     Document Type: Editorial

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