An Evaluation of Performance Thresholds in Nursing Home Pay-for-Performance

Health Services Research

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 2282-2304

  Werner, Rachel M ^a,b   Skira, Meghan ^c   Konetzka, R Tamara ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

long term care; nursing home quality; pay for performance; Performance based thresholds; quality of care

Indexed keywords

CERTIFICATION; HUMAN; MEDICAID; NURSING HOME; RESIDENT; SAMPLE SIZE; UNITED STATES; EVALUATION STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; REIMBURSEMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CERTIFICATION; HUMANS; MEDICAID; NURSING HOMES; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84959541519     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.12467     Document Type: Article

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