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Joanne Spetz

Director & Professor, Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California
Verified email at ucsf.edu
Cited by 9721

Impact of state nurse practitioner scope-of-practice regulation on health care delivery: Systematic review

Y Xue, Z Ye, C Brewer, J Spetz - Nursing outlook, 2016 - Elsevier
Background One proposed strategy to expand primary care capacity is to use nurse
practitioners (NPs) more effectively in health care delivery. However, the ability of NPs to …

Nursing home implementation of health information technology: Review of the literature finds inadequate investment in preparation, infrastructure, and training

M Ko, L Wagner, J Spetz - INQUIRY: The Journal of Health …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Health information technology (HIT) is increasingly adopted by nursing homes to improve
safety, quality of care, and staff productivity. We examined processes of HIT implementation …

Hospital information technology systems' impact on nurses and nursing care

R Waneka, J Spetz - JONA: The Journal of Nursing Administration, 2010 - journals.lww.com
Objective: We conducted a review of the literature to determine the impact of health
information technologies (HITs) on nurses and nursing care. Background: Nurses' effective …

Implications of the California nurse staffing mandate for other states

LH Aiken, DM Sloane, JP Cimiotti… - Health services …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives. To determine whether nurse staffing in California hospitals, where state‐
mandated minimum nurse‐to‐patient ratios are in effect, differs from two states without …

Baccalaureate education in nursing and patient outcomes

MA Blegen, CJ Goode, SH Park… - JONA: The Journal of …, 2013 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to examine the effects of registered nurse (RN)
education by determining whether nurse-sensitive patient outcomes were better in hospitals …

Is there monopsony in the labor market? Evidence from a natural experiment

DO Staiger, J Spetz, CS Phibbs - Journal of Labor …, 2010 - journals.uchicago.edu
Recent theoretical and empirical advances have renewed interest in monopsonistic models
of the labor market. However, there is little direct empirical support for these models. We use …

Nurse staffing effects on patient outcomes: safety-net and non-safety-net hospitals

MA Blegen, CJ Goode, J Spetz, T Vaughn, SH Park - Medical care, 2011 - journals.lww.com
Background Nurse staffing has been linked to hospital patient outcomes; however, previous
results were inconsistent because of variations in measures of staffing and were only rarely …

Chronic childhood trauma, mental health, academic achievement, and school‐based health center mental health services

S Larson, S Chapman, J Spetz… - Journal of school …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND Children and adolescents exposed to chronic trauma have a
greater risk for mental health disorders and school failure. Children and adolescents of …

How many nurses per patient? Measurements of nurse staffing in health services research

J Spetz, N Donaldson, C Aydin… - Health Services …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Objective. To compare alternative measures of nurse staffing and assess the relative
strengths and limitations of each measure. Data Sources/Study Setting. Primary and …

[HTML][HTML] Ensuring and sustaining a pandemic workforce

EP Fraher, P Pittman, BK Frogner, J Spetz… - … England Journal of …, 2020 - Mass Medical Soc
Ensuring and Sustaining a Pandemic Workforce It seems clear that health care delivery
organizations, educators, and government leaders all have to be willing to cut through …