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Idaho Tackles its Low Practicing-Physicians-to-Population Ratio

March 1, 2000 | Program Result Report

The Idaho Area Health Education Center served as the lead agency in a project to establish a community-development approach to the recruitment and retention of health care providers in its rural areas.

Nurse Practitioners and Physicians Assistants Handle Same Acute Care Activities as Doctors

July 22, 2002 | Program Result Report

The University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing compared the activities of midlevel practitioners, such as nurse practitioners and physician's assistants, with the activities of resident physicians.

New York Overcomes Rural and Urban Physician Shortages

March 1, 2000 | Program Result Report

The New York State Department of Health worked to address barriers to health care access in rural parts of the state and in its urban centers.

Survey Findings

March 1, 2008 | Program Result Report

From 1996 to 1999, researchers at Harvard Medical School conducted a study of how the organization, financing and characteristics of medical providers affect the quality and the costs of care received by people with HIV/AIDS.

Practice Sights

January 1, 2003 | Book

In this chapter, Irene Wielawski, an award-winning journalist, the evaluator of the Foundation's Reach Out program, and a frequent contributor to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Anthology series, examines this ambitious 10-state effort.

Nursing Home Residents Fare Better with a Dedicated Team of Medical Practitioners

January 1, 2002 | Program Result Report

A project team at the University of California, Los Angeles, School of Medicine, studied the long-term care being provided to nursing home residents using different models of HMO primary care.

Nursing Home Patients Fare Better with On-Staff Primary Care Providers

January 1, 2001 | Program Result Report

Health Research in Albany, N.Y., conducted a three-year demonstration project that examined differences in cost and quality among four alternative staffing models allowed under Medicaid for delivering primary care services in nursing homes.

More Doctors are Needed in America's Inner Cities

February 1, 2001 | Program Result Report

Investigators from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Medical School examined changes in the availability of physicians in U.S. urban areas from 1980 to 1997.

Practice Sights: State Primary Care Development Strategies

March 1, 2000 | Program Result Report

Uneven distribution of primary care physicians, as well as inadequate use of mid-level providers - physicians' assistants, nurse practitioners, and nurse midwives - creates barriers to access for many rural and inner city residents.

Maine Seeks to Provide Rural Health Care Services Despite Rough Weather and Terrain

March 1, 2000 | Program Result Report

In 1993 and 1994, Maine developed a five-part strategy to improve the distribution of primary care providers in underserved areas.

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