Medicare and Medicaid Reimbursement Rates for Nursing Homes Motivate Select Culture Change Practices But Not Comprehensive Culture Change

Journal of Aging and Social Policy

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 215-231

  Lepore, Michael J ^a,b   Shield, Renée R ^b   Looze, Jessica ^c   Tyler, Denise ^b   Mor, Vincent ^b   Miller, Susan C ^b  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

culture change; Medicaid; Medicare; mixed methods; nursing home

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL CHANGE; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; EMPOWERMENT; HEALTH CARE; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; REFORM PROCESS;

AGED; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION; REIMBURSEMENT; UNITED STATES;

AGED; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; NURSING HOMES; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84937205543     PISSN: 08959420     EISSN: 15450821     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08959420.2015.1022102     Document Type: Article

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