Is There Evidence of Cream Skimming Among Nursing Homes Following the Publication of the Nursing Home Compare Report Card? | Zendy

Dana B. Mukamel | Zendy; Heather Ladd | Zendy; David L. Weimer | Zendy; William D. Spector | Zendy; Jacqueline S. Zinn | Zendy

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Is There Evidence of Cream Skimming Among Nursing Homes Following the Publication of the Nursing Home Compare Report Card?

Author(s) -

Dana B. Mukamel,

Heather Ladd,

David L. Weimer,

William D. Spector,

Jacqueline S. Zinn

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

the gerontologist

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1758-5341

pISSN - 0016-9013

DOI - 10.1093/geront/gnp062

Subject(s) - medicine , minimum data set , medicaid , nursing homes , cohort , case mix index , report card , quarter (canadian coin) , nursing , emergency medicine , family medicine , gerontology , psychology , health care , pedagogy , archaeology , economics , history , economic growth

A national quality report card for nursing homes, Nursing Home Compare, has been published since 2002. It has been shown to have some, albeit limited, positive impact on quality of care. The objective of this study was to test empirically the hypothesis that nursing homes have responded to the publication of the report by adopting cream skimming admission policies.

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