The National Center for Health Workforce Analysis of the Bureau of Health Professions in the Health Research and Services Administration commissioned the New York Center for Health Workforce Studies...
Author(s): Center for Health Workforce Studies, Elizabeth Mertz
Advocates have pressed for legislation mandating improvements in nurse staffing for at least a decade. Recent research publications have established a strong link between nurse staffing and the...
The National Center for Health Workforce Analysis of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Bureau of Health Professions contracted with the University of California at San...
Author(s): Susan A. Chapman, Vanessa Lindler, Kory Ward-Cook
The author examines the history and early implementation of specific minimum nurse-to-patient ratios in all units of acute-care hospitals in California. After reviewing preliminary forecasts of the...
This study examines the demand, supply, utilization, and scope of practice of LPNs in the United States. Particular attention is paid to educational issues, career mobility, geographic distribution,...
Author(s): Jean Ann Seago, Joanne Spetz, Susan A. Chapman, Wendy Dyer
Objective: To validate physicians' self-reported intentions to leave clinical practice and the American Medical Association (AMA) Masterfile practice status variable as measures of physician...
Author(s): Diane Rittenhouse, Elizabeth Mertz, Dennis Keane, Kevin Grumbach
OBJECTIVE: The author reviews the causes of nursing shortages and surpluses and
examines data from California hospitals to demonstrate how these cycles are
expressed in the demand for and wages of...
