Medicare's Prospective Payment System for Skilled Nursing Facilities: Effects on Staffing and Quality of Care

• প্রধান লেখক: Chapin White (লেখক)
• বিন্যাস: গ্রন্থ
• প্রকাশিত: SAGE Publishing, 2005-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• বিষয়গুলি: article
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In 1998, Medicare began phasing in a new prospective payment system (PPS) for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs). This paper measures facility-level changes in nurse staffing and quality at freestanding SNFs from 1997 (pre-PPS) to 2001 (post-PPS). Findings show a positive but small association betwee...