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2021 Completed Studies
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ASSESSING THE EFFECT OF PAYMENT PARITY ON TELEHEALTH USAGE AT COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS DURING COVID-19
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, health care providers, including community health centers (CHCs), are rescheduling non-urgent care and exploring options for increasing the use of telehealth to reduce the risk of spreading the virus. This study examined the extent to which CHCs are offering telehealth visits as an option for maintaining services during the pandemic. For questions about this study, contact Clese Erikson. Related Products:
COUNTY WORKFORCE DEFICIT ESTIMATOR
As the third wave of COVID-19 was tapering off in the United States, we obtained new data that enabled us to revise our state-level hospital workforce estimator to provide county-level estimates of workforce need related to COVID-19 outbreaks. For questions about this study, contact Clese Erikson. Related Products: EXAMINING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TELEHEALTH USAGE AND ACCESS TO CARE BEFORE AND DURING THE
COVID-19 PANDEMIC Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, accessing care can be challenging and risky, given social distancing restrictions and concerns about exposure to the virus. This study examined the extent to which consumers are experiencing increased difficulty with accessing care when needed during the pandemic with a specific focus on how COVID-19 is affecting underserved populations. For questions about this study, contact Clese Erikson. Related Products:
HEALTH WORKFORCE ESTIMATOR TOOLS
To improve health workforce equity, the GW Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity (GWMI) tracks who is providing services, what services, where, and for whom. This allows us to approximate the adequacy of the health workforce supply for specific populations, using alternative measures of population needs. Researchers, policymakers, and advocates can use these interactive trackers to select variables depending on their own priorities. For questions about this study, contact Candice Chen. Related Products:
PRIMARY CARE PROVIDER ATTRITION THROUGH COVID-19
The purpose of this study was to examine national primary care workforce attrition through the end of 2020 . For questions about this study, contact Candice Chen. Related Products: STATE EXECUTIVE ACTIONS THAT CHANGED HEALTHCARE WORKFORCE FLEXIBILITY IN RESPONSE TO COVID-19
The purpose of this research was to inventory and categorize governors’ executive orders (EOs) that address four categories of workforce flexibility during the pandemic: SOP laws for APRNs, PAs, and pharmacists; and out-of-state licensing for all health care practitioners. For questions about this study, contact Patricia Pittman. Related Products:
THE MEDICAID WORKFORCE TRACKER
This study aimed to identify the health workforce serving the Medicaid population – acceptance (yes/no) and amount of service, and examine variation in service based on provider profession and specialty. The goal of this initial analysis is additional studies examining the patient, provider, and policy characteristics associated with provider Medicaid service, as well as, the development of a Medicaid Tracker tool that allows users to explore the characteristics of the Medicaid providers in their communities (e.g., county-level characteristics and outcomes). For questions about this study, contact Candice Chen. Related Products: THE USE OF INTERPRETERS IN HEALTH CENTERS: A MIXED-METHODS ANALYSIS
The purpose of this study was to assess the availability and use of language services in CHCs. About one in five health center patients indicate a preference to receive care in a language other than English, which means that over 5.8 million patients, collectively visiting health centers approximately 19 million times over a year, may require the use of an interpreter or some other language service. For questions about this study, contact Marsha Regenstein. Related Products:
These projects are supported by the Bureau of Health Workforce (BHW), National Center for Health Workforce Analysis (NCHWA), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of an award totaling $450,000, with zero percent financed with non-governmental sources. The contents are those of the author[s] and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement by HRSA, HHS, or the U.S. Government. |