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Complementary Therapies/legislation & jurisprudence , Health Policy/legislation & jurisprudence , Insurance Benefits/legislation & jurisprudence , Insurance Coverage/legislation & jurisprudence , State Government , Complementary Therapies/economics , Complementary Therapies/trends , Forecasting , Health Maintenance Organizations/economics , Health Maintenance Organizations/legislation & jurisprudence , Health Maintenance Organizations/trends , Health Policy/economics , Health Policy/trends , Humans , Insurance Benefits/economics , Insurance Benefits/trends , Insurance Coverage/economics , Insurance Coverage/trends , Licensure/legislation & jurisprudence , Licensure/trends , Medical Staff Privileges/legislation & jurisprudence , Medical Staff Privileges/trends , United StatesSubject(s)
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation/statistics & numerical data , Electric Countershock/statistics & numerical data , Health Policy/legislation & jurisprudence , Legislation, Medical/statistics & numerical data , State Government , Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation/instrumentation , Electric Countershock/instrumentation , Electric Countershock/trends , Forecasting , Health Policy/trends , Humans , Liability, Legal , United StatesSubject(s)
Health Policy/legislation & jurisprudence , Medical Errors/legislation & jurisprudence , Safety/legislation & jurisprudence , State Government , Forecasting , Health Policy/trends , Humans , Medical Errors/prevention & control , Medical Errors/statistics & numerical data , Medical Errors/trends , Safety/statistics & numerical data , Systems Analysis , United StatesABSTRACT
According to a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services report released in July of 2002, the national supply of full time equivalent nurses was estimated at 1.89 million in the year 2000, while the demand was estimated at two million. This reflects a nursing shortage of 110,000 or 6 percent. By the year 2015 the demand will accelerate and almost quadruple to 20 percent.
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Health Policy/legislation & jurisprudence , Legislation, Nursing , Nursing , Personnel Staffing and Scheduling/legislation & jurisprudence , State Government , Education, Nursing/economics , Education, Nursing/legislation & jurisprudence , Education, Nursing/trends , Forecasting , Health Policy/trends , Humans , Legislation, Nursing/trends , Nurses/legislation & jurisprudence , Nurses/supply & distribution , Nurses/trends , Nursing/trends , Personnel Staffing and Scheduling/trends , United States , Workforce , Workload/legislation & jurisprudenceABSTRACT
Nonphysician providers continue to achieve enhanced stature, in part by gaining more autonomy in prescribing drugs. There is growing support for the concept that the public health is best served by the broadest access to primary care along with the safe use of pharmaceuticals. The states continue in their efforts to find ways to promote the use of less specialized and less costly providers to help serve the ever-growing population who have access to health care services.