State-Granted Practice Authority: Do Nurse Practitioners Vote with Their Feet?

Author

Perry, John J.

Source

Nursing Research and Practice

Issue

Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-5, 5 p.

Publisher

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

Publication Date

2012-11-19

Country of Publication

Egypt

No. of Pages

5

Main Subjects

Nursing

Abstract EN

Nurse practitioners have become an increasingly important part of the US medical workforce as they have gained greater practice authority through state-level regulatory changes.

This study investigates one labor market impact of this large change in nurse practitioner regulation.

Using data from the National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses and a dataset of state-level nurse practitioner prescribing authority, a multivariate estimation is performed analysing the impact of greater practice authority on the probability of a nurse practitioner moving from a state.

The empirical results indicate that nurse practitioners in states that grant expanded practice are less likely to move from the state than nurse practitioners in states that have not granted expanded practice authority.

The estimated effect is robust and is statistically and economically meaningful.

This finding is in concert with and strengthens the wider literature which finds states that grant expanded practice authority to nurse practitioners tend to have larger nurse practitioner populations.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Perry, John J.. 2012. State-Granted Practice Authority: Do Nurse Practitioners Vote with Their Feet?. Nursing Research and Practice،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-5.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)

Perry, John J.. State-Granted Practice Authority: Do Nurse Practitioners Vote with Their Feet?. Nursing Research and Practice No. 2012 (Dec. 2012), pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1002530

American Medical Association (AMA)

Perry, John J.. State-Granted Practice Authority: Do Nurse Practitioners Vote with Their Feet?. Nursing Research and Practice. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1002530

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references

Record ID

BIM-1002530