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SUBMITTER: Konetzka RT
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5868417 | biostudies-literature | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Konetzka R Tamara RT Skira Meghan M MM Werner Rachel M RM
American journal of health economics 20180123 1
Pay-for-performance (P4P) programs have become a popular policy tool aimed at improving health care quality. We analyze how incentive design affects quality improvements in the nursing home setting, where several state Medicaid agencies have implemented P4P programs that vary in incentive structure. Using the Minimum Data Set and the Online Survey, Certification, and Reporting data from 2001 to 2009, we examine how the weights put on various performance measures that are tied to P4P bonuses, suc ...[more]