CONTEXT: Many rural and inner-city communities in the United States have persistent shortages of health professionals. In addition, health services are increasingly delivered in community-based...
Author(s): Janet M. Coffman, Tim Henderson, Community-Campus Partnerships for Health
Nurse practitioners (NPs), physician assistants (PAs) and certified nurse midwives (CNMs) play growing roles in the health care workforce. Experts recommended in the mid-1990s that their numbers be...
Author(s): Kevin Grumbach, Janet Coffman, Elizabeth Mertz, Emily Rosenoff
Access to dental services in California is an issue of increasing concern to federal and state policy makers, as demonstrated by both new legislation addressing access to dental care and increased...
Author(s): Elizabeth Mertz, Kevin Grumbach, Laurie MacIntosh, Janet M. Coffman
OBJECTIVE: To examine the effects of managed care and the prospective payment system on the hospital employment of registered nurses (RNs), licensed practical nurses (LPNs), and aides.
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BACKGROUND: Little is known about long-term improvements in medical students' knowledge, attitudes, and use of blood and body fluid precautions following preclinical training.
METHODS: We evaluated...
Author(s): Donna Jeffe, Sunita Mutha, Lynn Kim, Bradley Evanoff, Victoria Fraser
Allied and auxiliary health care workers play critical support roles in the health care system. Any significant reform in the way health care is delivered will require changes in their training and...
Author(s): Jennifer Ruzek, Lindsey Bloor, Jennifer Anderson, Mai Ngo
This report provides a descriptive overview of local public health departments in California. Data are provided on the size and scope of agencies, characteristics of the population served, managed...
The decision of the Regents of the University of California (UC) to end selective admissions for racial/ethnic minorities in 1995 and the passage of Proposition 209 in 1996 have generated great...
Author(s): Kevin Grumbach, Elizabeth Mertz, Janet M. Coffman
Over the past 2 years, concerns have arisen about the adequacy of the supply of RNs in California and the rest of the United States. Nurse leaders have called upon the California State Legislature to...
As managed care creates new mechanisms for the delivery of health services, it will inevitably put pressure on the role and function of health professionals. Physician assistants (PAs) will not be...
