Pay-for-performance in nursing homes.
Information on the impact of pay-for-performance programs is lacking in the nursing home setting. This literature review (1980-2007) identified 13 prior examples of pay-for-performance programs in the nursing home setting: 7 programs were active as of 2007, while 6 had been terminated. The programs were mostly short-lived, varied considerably in the choice of performance measures and pay incentives, and evaluations of the impact were rare.
Briesacher
Becky A
BA
University of Massachusetts Medical School and Meyers Primary Care Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605, USA. becky.briesacher@umassmed.edu
Field
Terry S
TS
Baril
Joann
J
Gurwitz
Jerry H
JH
D009735:Nursing Homes; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000191:economics*; D012052:Reimbursement, Incentive; D014481:United States