Kalist David E, Spurr Stephen J
Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics, Oakland University, Detroit, Michigan 48202, USA.
Int J Health Care Finance Econ. 2004 Dec;4(4):271-81. doi: 10.1023/B:IHFE.0000043758.12051.98.
This paper considers how the decision to enter advanced practice nursing (e.g., the occupations of nurse practitioner, certified nurse-midwife, nurse anesthetist, and clinical nurse specialist) is affected by State laws on the scope of practice of APNs. We find that enrollments in APN programs are 30 percent higher in States where APNs have a high level of professional independence. Our work differs from previous studies by estimating a fixed effects model on cross-sectional and time series data, to avoid problems of endogeneity of State laws.
本文探讨了进入高级实践护理领域（如执业护士、认证助产士、麻醉护士和临床护理专家等职业）的决策是如何受到关于高级实践护士执业范围的州法律影响的。我们发现，在高级实践护士具有高度职业独立性的州，高级实践护理项目的入学人数要高出30%。我们的研究与以往研究的不同之处在于，我们对横截面数据和时间序列数据估计了一个固定效应模型，以避免州法律的内生性问题。
