Health Care Workforce Certification

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Mar 15, 2015

Doctor of Nursing Practice by 2015: An Examination of Nursing Schools' Decisions to Offer a Doctor of Nursing Practice Degree

Multiple pathways to becoming an APRN are likely to remain until various factors yield a more favorable environment for a full transition to the doctoral of nursing practice (DNP).
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Oct 24, 2014

Examining the Value of Inpatient Nurse Staffing: An Assessment of Quality and Patient Care Costs

The study findings provide support for the value of inpatient nurse staffing as it contributes to improvements in inpatient care; increases in staff number and skill mix can lead to improved quality and reduced length of stay at no additional cost.
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Jan 1, 2014

Implementing Psychological First-Aid Training for Medical Reserve Corps Volunteers

Psychological first-aid (PFA) training is a promising approach to improve surge responder confidence and competency in addressing postdisaster needs.
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Jan 1, 2013

Do We Really Need More Physicians? Responses to Predicted Primary Care Physician Shortages

Predicted primary care shortages have spurred action to increase the number of primary care physicians.
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Jan 1, 2013

Response: Effectiveness in Primary Care Is Paramount, but Need Not Come at the Expense of Efficiency

Effective primary care is vital to sustainable provision of primary care for the US population.
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Apr 20, 2011

Health Services Research and Clinical Practice

Health services research has made many important contributions, but it has not revolutionized the way that medicine is practiced to increase its value and moderate costs.
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Jan 1, 2010

Associations Between Physician Characteristics and Quality of Care

Patients are encouraged to select physicians on the basis of characteristics such as education, board certification, and malpractice history. But such characteristics are poor proxies for performance on clinical quality measures.
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Jan 1, 1991

Board Certification and Practice Style: An Analysis of Office-Based Care

Certified and noncertified family physicians treat similar patients. Certification in family practice is not associated with major differences in total service charges, but is associated with differences in the use of laboratory diagnostic services.
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Jan 1, 1988

Affirmative Action in Medical Education and Its Effect on Howard and Meharry: A Study of the Class of 1975

Compare medical school graduates in terms of actual choice of specialty, patient characteristics, practice location, and specialty board certification
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Jan 1, 1987

Assessing the Outcome of Affirmative Action in Medical Schools: A Study of the Class of 1975

... this study reports on the ways that specialty choice, practice location, patient populations served, and board certification rates differ between minority and nonminority graduates.
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Jan 1, 1985

Retention of Volunteer Physicians in the U.S. Air Force

This study examines the implications of the retention behavior of Air Force volunteer physicians on the Air Force's physician procurement policy.
Research

Jan 1, 1981

How Sophisticated Are Consumers About the Medical Care Delivery System?

A study of consumer knowledgeability about medical care services and its effect on the role consumers might play in decisions affecting resource allocation, especially whether competition and/or cost-sharing strategies should be pursued or whether...

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Doctor of Nursing Practice by 2015: An Examination of Nursing Schools' Decisions to Offer a Doctor of Nursing Practice Degree

Examining the Value of Inpatient Nurse Staffing: An Assessment of Quality and Patient Care Costs

Implementing Psychological First-Aid Training for Medical Reserve Corps Volunteers

Do We Really Need More Physicians? Responses to Predicted Primary Care Physician Shortages

Response: Effectiveness in Primary Care Is Paramount, but Need Not Come at the Expense of Efficiency

Health Services Research and Clinical Practice

Associations Between Physician Characteristics and Quality of Care

Board Certification and Practice Style: An Analysis of Office-Based Care

Affirmative Action in Medical Education and Its Effect on Howard and Meharry: A Study of the Class of 1975

Assessing the Outcome of Affirmative Action in Medical Schools: A Study of the Class of 1975

Retention of Volunteer Physicians in the U.S. Air Force

How Sophisticated Are Consumers About the Medical Care Delivery System?

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Doctor of Nursing Practice by 2015: An Examination of Nursing Schools' Decisions to Offer a Doctor of Nursing Practice Degree

Examining the Value of Inpatient Nurse Staffing: An Assessment of Quality and Patient Care Costs

Implementing Psychological First-Aid Training for Medical Reserve Corps Volunteers

Do We Really Need More Physicians? Responses to Predicted Primary Care Physician Shortages

Response: Effectiveness in Primary Care Is Paramount, but Need Not Come at the Expense of Efficiency

Health Services Research and Clinical Practice

Associations Between Physician Characteristics and Quality of Care

Board Certification and Practice Style: An Analysis of Office-Based Care

Affirmative Action in Medical Education and Its Effect on Howard and Meharry: A Study of the Class of 1975

Assessing the Outcome of Affirmative Action in Medical Schools: A Study of the Class of 1975

Retention of Volunteer Physicians in the U.S. Air Force

How Sophisticated Are Consumers About the Medical Care Delivery System?

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