Pay-for-Performance in Nursing Homes

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-forperformance
programs in the nursing home
setting: 7 programs were active as of 2007,
while 6 had been terminated. The programs
were mostly short-lived, varied considerably
in the choice of performance measures and
pay incentives, and evaluations of the impact
were rare.