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Decomposing Racial Disparities in Severe Maternal Morbidity Within Insurance Groups Open
Rates of severe maternal morbidity (SMM) are related to maternal, hospital, and residential factors, but the contribution of these factors to racial disparities in SMM within Medicaid and private insured groups is largely unknown. Linked G…
State Minimum Wage and Food Insecurity Among US Households With Children Open
Importance Food insecurity among households with children and economic hardship is a persistent US challenge. Federal food assistance programs have been unable to fully address food insecurity, leading to interest in the role other labor a…
Nurse practitioner oversight ratios and labor market outcomes Open
Nurse practitioners are important to the US healthcare system; however, many states impose physician oversight ratios, which limit the number of NPs a physician may supervise. In this study, we evaluate the effect of eliminating physician …
Nurse practitioner scope of practice and patient harm: Evidence from medical malpractice payouts and adverse action reports Open
Many states have recently changed their scope of practice laws and granted full practice authority to nurse practitioners, allowing them to practice without oversight from physicians. Physician groups have argued against this change, citin…
Affordable Care Act Medicaid expansions and maternal morbidity Open
In this paper, we test whether the Affordable Care Act Medicaid expansions are associated with maternal morbidity. The ACA expansions may have affected maternal morbidity by increasing pre‐conception access to health care, and by improving…
ACA Medicaid Expansions and Maternal Morbidity Open
In this paper, we test whether the Affordable Care Act Medicaid expansions are associated with in-hospital maternal morbidity.The ACA expansions may have affected maternal morbidity by increasing pre-conception access to health care, and b…
Toward a Uniform Classification of Nurse Practitioner Scope of Practice Laws Open
Many states' scope of practice laws limit the ability of nurse practitioners to deliver care by requiring physician supervision of their practices and prescribing activities.A robust literature has evolved around examining the role of thes…
View article: Anti-poverty policy and health: Attributes and diffusion of state earned income tax credits across U.S. states from 1980 to 2020
Anti-poverty policy and health: Attributes and diffusion of state earned income tax credits across U.S. states from 1980 to 2020 Open
Purpose The U.S. federal Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is often considered the most effective antipoverty program for families in the U.S., leading to a variety of improved outcomes such as educational attainment, work incentives, econom…
Exposure Therapy for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Factors of Limited Success and Possible Alternative Treatment Open
Recent research indicates that there is mixed success in using exposure therapies on patients with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Our study argues that there are two major reasons for this: The first is that there are nonassociativ…
The Effects of State Scope of Practice Laws on the Labor Supply of Advanced Practice Registered Nurses Open
This paper studies the effects of changes in states' scope of practice laws (SOP) for advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) on individual labor supply decisions.Restrictive SOP impose costs and other barriers to practice that may aff…
Effects of State-Level Earned Income Tax Credit Laws on Birth Outcomes by Race and Ethnicity Open
Purpose: Health disparities persist in birth outcomes by mother's income, education, and race in the United States. Disadvantaged mothers may experience benefit from supplements to family income, such as the earned income tax credit (EITC)…
Effects of changes in earned income tax credit: Time-series analyses of Washington DC Open
Poverty has numerous deleterious effects on health, and the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is the major policy tool used to alleviate poverty in the U.S. We evaluate effects of four distinct changes in earned income tax credit law in Wash…
Effects of State-Level Earned Income Tax Credit Laws in the U.S. on Maternal Health Behaviors and Infant Health Outcomes Open
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects of state-level Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) laws in the U.S. on maternal health behaviors and infant health outcomes.Using multistate, multi-year difference-in-differences analyses…
Competitive Effects of Scope of Practice Restrictions: Public Health or Public Harm? Open
The demand for health care and healthcare professionals is predicted to grow significantly over the next decade. Securing an adequate health care workforce is of primary importance to ensure the health and wellbeing of the population in an…
The Effect of an Increased Minimum Wage on Infant Mortality and Birth Weight Open
Objectives. To investigate the effects of state minimum wage laws on low birth weight and infant mortality in the United States. Methods. We estimated the effects of state-level minimum wage laws using a difference-in-differences approach …