Fewer bonuses, more penalties at skilled nursing facilities serving vulnerable populations

Health Affairs

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2019, Pages 1127-1131

  Hefele, Jennifer Gaudet ^a   Wang, Xiao Joyce ^a   Lim, Emily ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; NURSING HOME; PUNISHMENT; VULNERABLE POPULATION; ECONOMICS; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MEDICARE; PURCHASING; REIMBURSEMENT; UNITED STATES;

ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; MEDICARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES; UNITED STATES; VALUE-BASED PURCHASING; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 85069269216     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2018.05393     Document Type: Article

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