Performing well on nursing home report cards: does it pay off?

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine whether high performance or improvement on quality measures leads to economic rewards for nursing homes in the presence of public reporting.

Data sources

Data from 6,286 freestanding Medicare-certified nursing homes between 1999 and 2005 were identified in Medicare Cost Reports, Minimum Data Set, and Online Survey and Certification Reporting System.

Study design

Using a facility-level fixed-effects model, the effect of public reporting on financial performance was measured by comparing each of four financial outcomes (revenues, expenses, operating, and total profit margins) before (1999-2002) to after (2003-2005) public reporting was initiated. The effects were estimated separately by level of performance and improvement over time.

Principal fi

SUBMITTER: Park J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3064918 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature