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State regulation, payment policies, and nurse-midwife services
E R Declercq1, L L Paine, D R Simmes
1Maternal and Child Health Department, Boston University School of Public Health, USA.
Health Affairs (Project Hope)
|April 29, 1998
Abstract:
State regulatory and reimbursement policies continue to exert a strong influence on health workforce policy. Surveys conducted in 1991 and 1995 for the purpose of examining the impact of state regulation on the supply and practice of certified nurse-midwives (CNMs) showed that the single best predictor of the distribution and practice activities of CNMs was the degree to which state policies facilitated or restricted CNM practice.