Person-Centered Care as Facilitated by Kansas' PEAK 2.0 Medicaid Pay-for-Performance Program and Nursing Home Resident Clinical Outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose of the study

Person-centered care (PCC) is intended to improve nursing home residents' quality of life, but the closer bonds it engenders between residents and staff may also facilitate improvements to residents' clinical health. Findings on whether adoption ameliorates resident clinical outcomes are conflicting, with some evidence of harm as well as benefit. To provide clearer evidence, the present study made use of Kansas' PEAK 2.0 Medicaid pay-for-performance (P4P) program, which incents the adoption of PCC. The program is distinctive in training facilities' staff on adopting PCC through a series of well-defined stages and providing regular feedback about their progress.

Design and methods

A retrospective cohort study was performed with 349 Kansas facilities sprea

SUBMITTER: Hermer L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6304069 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature