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Kane, Robert L.; Arling, Greg; Mueller, Christine; Held, Robert; Cooke, Valerie – Gerontologist, 2007
This article describes a pay-for-performance system developed for Minnesota nursing homes. In effect, nursing homes can retain a greater proportion of the difference between their costs and the average costs on the basis of their quality scores. The quality score is a derived and weighted composite measure currently composed of five elements:…
Descriptors: Costs, Report Cards, Quality of Life, Nursing Homes
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Arling, Greg; Kane, Robert L.; Lewis, Teresa; Mueller, Christine – Gerontologist, 2005
Nursing home quality indicators have been developed over the past 10 years to quantify nursing home quality and to draw systematic comparisons between facilities. Although these indicators have been applied widely for nursing home regulation, quality improvement, and public reporting, researchers and stakeholders have raised concerns about their…
Descriptors: Form Classes (Languages), Nursing Homes, Educational Quality
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Arling, Greg; Kane, Robert L.; Mueller, Christine; Bershadsky, Julie; Degenholtz, Howard B. – Gerontologist, 2007
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between nursing home staffing level, care received by individual residents, and resident quality-related care processes and functional outcomes. Design and Methods: Nurses recorded resident care time for 5,314 residents on 156 units in 105 facilities in four states (Colorado,…
Descriptors: Nurses, Nursing Homes, Institutionalized Persons, Daily Living Skills