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The National Landscape of Personal Care Aide Training Standards
10-31-15
This report presents research findings on the national landscape of personal care aide (PCA) training requirements across state Medicaid-funded programs. These programs enable older adults and individuals with disabilities to reside safely in their homes and participate in their communities. In the...
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Salary Differences Between Male and Female Registered Nurses in the United States
03-24-15
Fifty years after the Equal Pay Act, the male-female salary gap has narrowed in many occupations. Yet pay inequality persists for certain occupations, including medicine and nursing. Studies have documented salary differences across clinical settings for diverse cohorts of physicians and higher...
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Medical Assistants in California: Legal Scope of Practice
09-23-13
This summary covers current (as of Sept 2013) scope of practice for medical assistants (MAs) in the state of California. In California, MAs are unlicensed personnel who work in physician (MD), podiatrist (DPM), or optometrist (OD) offices; and clinics. MAs may not work for inpatient care in...
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The Impact of the Elimination of Adult Dental Benefits from Denti-Cal on the California Dental Safety Net
11-21-12
This research brief presents a qualitative assessment of the impacts of the elimination of dental benefits for Medicaid-eligible adults in California on the oral health safety-net workforce. To understand the workforce impacts, this study examined the effects of the policy change on patient...
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Use of Electronic Health Records by Nurse Practitioners and Nurse Midwives
10-06-12
To encourage the use of EHRs, the federal government created an incentive program for providers who demonstrate meaningful use of EHR technology. In 2011, faculty at the University of California, San Francisco, working on behalf of the California Medicaid Research Institute, developed and conducted...
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Nursing Testimony Before Congress, 1993-2011
08-01-12
This article describes nurses' testimony before congressional committees between 1993 and 2011. We address three questions: (a) How have trends in nurses' testimony changed over time? (b) What do data reveal about nursing's engagement with health policy issues on the congressional agenda? (c) How...
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How Have Mandated Nurse Staffing Ratios Impacted Hospitals? Perspectives from California Hospital Leaders
10-01-09
In 2004, California became the first state to implement minimum-nurse-staffing ratios in acute care hospitals. We examined the wages of registered nurses (RNs) before and after the legislation was enacted. Using four data sets — the National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses, the Current...
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California’s Minimum-Nurse-Staffing Legislation and Nurses’ Wages
02-10-09
In 2004, California became the first state to implement minimum-nurse-staffing ratios in acute care hospitals. We examined the wages of registered nurses (RNs) before and after the legislation was enacted. Using four data sets—the National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses, the Current Population...
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The Distribution and Composition of Arizona's Dental Workforce and Practice Patterns: Implications for Access to Care
07-07-04
The problem of access to dental care services gained national attention following the publication of the first ever Surgeon General’s report on Oral Health. However, dental policies and programs implemented over the past several decades have done little to change the practice patterns of dental...