Becky A Briesacher,Terry S Field,Joann Baril et al.
Becky A Briesacher et al.
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 a...
Prevalence of select psychiatric diagnoses in long-term care: 1997-2007 [0.03%]
1997-2007年长期护理中某些精神疾病的患病率
Joseph E Regan
Joseph E Regan
The Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS) is a longitudinal survey of a nationally representative sample of Medicare enrollees. The survey collects information on a variety of topics including beneficiaries' health status. This informa...
Cost of lifetime immunosuppression coverage for kidney transplant recipients [0.03%]
肾移植受者的终身免疫抑制覆盖成本
Timothy F Page,Robert S Woodward
Timothy F Page
On January 1, 2000, Medicare extended the coverage of immunosuppression medications from 3 years to life for elderly and disabled kidney transplant recipients. This research estimates the impact of extending this lifetime coverage to all ki...
John Kautter,Melvin Ingber,Gregory C Pope
John Kautter
CMS has had a continuing interest in exploring ways to incorporate frailty adjustment into the CMS Hierarchical Condition Categories (CMS-HCC) risk adjustment methodology for Medicare Advantage and other Medicare private organizations. In t...
Alternative comorbidity adjustors for the Medicare inpatient psychiatric facility PPS [0.03%]
医疗保险住院精神病设施PPS的替代共病调整因素
Edward M Drozd,Jan Maier,Jan F Hales et al.
Edward M Drozd et al.
The inpatient psychiatric facility prospective payment system (IPF-PPS), provides per diem payments for psychiatric hospitals and units, including 17 comorbid condition payment adjustors that cover 11 percent of patients. This study identif...
Medicaid waiver personal care services: results of a statewide survey [0.03%]
关于 Medicaid 自我规定个人护理服务的全州调查结果
Anne P Glass,Karen A Roberto,Nancy Brossoie et al.
Anne P Glass et al.
Through a statewide telephone survey of 819 beneficiaries (or their proxies), we collected data regarding client and aide demographics, as well as clients' satisfaction, outcomes, perspectives on staff performance, and complaints associated...
Terry Y Lum,Rosalie A Kane,Lois J Cutler et al.
Terry Y Lum et al.
A longitudinal quasi-experimental study with two comparison groups was conducted to test the effects of a Green House (GH) nursing home program on residents' family members. The GHs are individual residences, each serving 10 elders, where c...
Nursing home work environment characteristics: associated outcomes in psychosocial care [0.03%]
护理工作环境的特点：心理社会关爱结果的影响因素分析
Robin P Bonifas
Robin P Bonifas
Little is known about how work environment characteristics influence social services professionals' ability to deliver effective psychosocial services in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) and how such influence translates into resident-cent...
Facility service environments, staffing, and psychosocial care in nursing homes [0.03%]
护理院的服务环境、人员配置与心理社会关怀
Ning Jackie Zhang,Denise Gammonley,Seung Chun Paek et al.
Ning Jackie Zhang et al.
Using 2003 Online Survey Certification and Reporting (OSCAR) data for Medicare and Medicaid certified facilities (N = 14, 184) and multinomial logistic regression this study investigated if (1) psychosocial care quality was better in facili...
Sonya E Bowen,Sheryl Zimmerman
Sonya E Bowen
In this issue of the Health Care Financing Review, we present research that speaks to the importance of psychosocial care and its relationship to the overall well-being and quality of life for people receiving long-term care (LTC) services ...