Enrollment in Medi-Cal, California's Medicaid program, surged with the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), from 8.6 million in September 2013 to 13.4 million three years later. Medi-Cal...
Research examining productivity, quality and outcomes of traditional pediatric dental care are generally lacking. The literature shows that education, qualifications, and roles are changing with case...
Author(s): Elizabeth Mertz, Joanne Spetz and Jean Moore
This study describes the program requirements, workforce competencies, and barriers for dementia capable care coordination within health plans from seven states participating in the Center for...
Author(s): Brooke Hollister, Jason D. Flatt and Susan A. Chapman
This report summarizes the findings from a research study of California’s respiratory care workforce conducted over the course of 18 months between July 2015 and December 2016. Study components...
Author(s): Tim Bates, Ginachukwu Amah, Lisel Blash, Christopher Toretsky, Joanne Spetz
Background
Childbirth is a leading reason for hospital admission in the USA, and most labor care is provided by registered nurses under physician or midwife supervision in a nurse-managed care model...
Author(s): Audrey Lyndon, Kathleen Rice Simpson and Joanne Spetz
Childbirth is a leading reason for hospital admission in the USA and most labor care is provided by registered nurses under physician or midwife supervision in a nurse-managed care model. Yet, there...
Author(s): Audrey Lyndon, Kathleen Rice Simpson and Joanne Spetz
Introduction
Nurse practitioner (NP) prescribing continues to be a contentious policy issue, and studies systematically examining NP prescribing are lacking. The aim of this study was to conduct a...
Author(s): Ulrike Muench, Jennifer Perloff, Cindy Parks Thomas, Peter I. Buerhaus
This report updates a literature review on peer support providers prepared in 2015. Peer support workers fulfill a broad range of tasks ad job titles, in a broad range of mental health and substance...
Author(s): Alicia LaFrance, Lisel Blash, Joanne Spetz and Susan Chapman
Is California prepared to meet growing demand for primary care?
This report is the first in a series of three Healthforce Center at UCSF reports that will provide information to help policymakers,...
Author(s): Janet Coffman, Igor Geyn and Kristine Himmerick
Minority racial/ethnic pediatric populations and those living in poverty are at greater risk of exposure to trauma, development of mental health disorders and school failure, yet are less likely to...
Author(s): Satu Larson, Joanne Spetz, Claire D. Brindis and Susan Chapman
