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March 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Decisions regarding resource allocation and funding challenges in regional health departments in Nebraska are made based on the needs of the community, not by calculations or population size, and are dependent on resources received from the state. T ...
August 1, 2010 | Issue Brief
According to the author, the legislation is unlikely to have a major aggregate effect on the U.S. economy—primarily because the changes in spending and taxes are quite small relative to the size of the economy.
July 1, 2010 | Issue Brief
Policy brief examines what health heform means for physicians.
May 1, 2001 | Program Result
The Medical Society of New Jersey created the New Jersey Commission on the Physician Workforce to study physician supply in the state.
April 1, 2008 | Issue Brief
Local health departments face a mounting workforce crisis as they struggle to recruit, train and retain qualified workers to meet their communities' needs, according to a new study by the Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC). After the Sep ...
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.
July 1, 2002 | Program Result
Researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill examined the long-term impact of federal, state, and private investment on rural communities' physician recruitment and physician workforce stability.
March 1, 2000 | Program Result
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.
March 1, 2000 | Program Result
In 1993 and 1994, Maine developed a five-part strategy to improve the distribution of primary care providers in underserved areas.
March 1, 2000 | Program Result
The Texas Department of Health established an initiative to build upon the state's primary health care program that funds selected sites that are providing primary and preventive care to low-income uninsured persons.