Nurses and nurse practitioners

Current Projects

• Identifying and Exploring the Settings That Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants Are Practicing in as Well as Trends in Specialization in These Groups
  Investigators will conduct a descriptive study to assess trends in specialty and population foci of nurse practitioners (NP) and physician assistants (PA). They will also explore changes in the number of clinician types billing for procedures. Trends will be assessed by census region to inform FORHP on areas for which use of NPs and PAs can be bolstered.
  Research center: Southwest Rural Health Research Center
  Topics: Health services, Nurses and nurse practitioners, Physician assistants
  
• Nurse Practitioner Scope of Practice Laws and Their Effect on Pediatric Ambulatory Care Sensitive Condition (ACSC)-Related Emergency Department Visits
  This project aims to identify trends and predictors of pediatric ambulatory care sensitive conditions as they relate to patients in urban and rural settings whose nurse practitioners are allowed full practice under the license authority of the state board of nursing. Trends will be compared to those in jurisdictions that do not allow full practice of nurse practitioners.
  Research center: Southwest Rural Health Research Center
  Topics: Healthcare access, Legislation and regulation, Nurses and nurse practitioners
  
• Rural Dementia Spending and Workforce Supply
  This project will estimate the rural and urban supply of dementia care specialists in the U.S. and examine differences health care spending patterns for dementia across the rural-urban continuum using claims and facility records data.
  Research center: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
  Topics: Aging, Health services, Healthcare access, Medicaid and CHIP, Medicare, Nurses and nurse practitioners, Physicians, Workforce
  
• Variation in Scope of Practice and Services Provided by Rural vs Urban Primary Care Providers
  This project will examine differences in practice patterns between rural and urban primary care providers by analyzing insurance claims data to determine variations in the density and intensity of services provided directly by primary care physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants across different geographic settings.
  Research center: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
  Topics: Health services, Healthcare access, Nurses and nurse practitioners, Physician assistants, Physicians, Workforce