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Residents' Duty Hours: Toward an Empirical Narrative

November 22, 2012 | Journal Article

This article examines the debate around medical resident duty hours, specifically noting the discrepancy between duty-hour limits and the evidence base to support them. The authors suggest Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) grant programs a research exemption to address the issues of evaluation.

Supplemental Nurses Are Just As Educated, Slightly Less Experienced, And More Diverse Compared to Permanent Nurses

November 5, 2012 | Journal Article

Employing supplemental nurses could help meet the challenges of an aging nursing workforce, the projected future shortage of nurses, and an increasingly diverse U.S. population.

State Mandatory Overtime Regulations and Newly Licensed Nurses' Mandatory and Voluntary Overtime and Total Work Hours

August 27, 2011 | Journal Article

How states regulate nurses' work hours does relate to whether nurses work mandatory versus voluntary overtime, as well as the total number of hours worked. But research is needed to determine how these relationships impact nurse and patient outcomes.

Health Services Research in 2020

December 1, 2009 | Journal Article

With the 50th anniversary of the health services research field approaching, the article articulates the roots of the field before turning to the future—and the workforce which will drive it.The editors note, that looking forward, the field must continue actively demonstrating its ability to solve practical problems.

A Medical Assistant-Based Program to Promote Healthy Behaviors in Primary Care

November 1, 2009 | Journal Article

This study, a randomized control trial in a practice-based research network, examines the effectiveness of using medical assistants (MAs) to identify and refer patients with risk behaviors to appropriate interventions.

Would Having More Primary Care Doctors Cut Health Spending Growth?

September 1, 2009 | Journal Article

This analysis of market-level Medicare spending data between 1995 and 2005 reveals that the proportion of primary care physicians (PCPs) is not associated with spending growth.

Medicare Fees and the Volume of Physicians' Services

January 1, 2009 | Journal Article

Most of the recent growth in health care costs is due to the increasing volume of services offered by physicians to their Medicare patients. This paper considers whether changes in Medicare fees that negatively affect physicians? incomes also affect service volume.

Race-Neutral Versus Race-Conscious Workforce Policy to Improve Access to Care

January 1, 2008 | Journal Article

Access to care for racial and ethnic minority groups, low-income populations, and the un- and underinsured has been problematic despite expansion in the health workforce.