Commuting to Work
February 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Health care employers should be attentive to RN commuting distances, which in some locale types is quite significant.
Workforce Geographic Distribution
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Fellow to Take on Health Care Reform for New Mexico
December 5, 2011 | Story
Redesigning a health care system to increase access and quality in a state facing some of the greatest insurance coverage issues in the nation is a former Health Policy Fellow's latest challenge.
Geographic Maldistribution of Primary Care for Children
January 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Disparities in access to care are pronounced for children, especially those living in rural areas.
Graphical Portrait of Frontline Health and Health Care Workforce Published in a Chartbook
November 1, 2007 | Program Result
Staff from Health Workforce Solutions conducted a study to define and characterize the occupations that make up the frontline health and health care workforce to assist staff from RWJF in identifying priorities for future investment.
New RNs Lack of Geographic Mobility Poses Challenge for Rural Health Care
December 18, 2011 | Story
Study from RWJF-supported RN Work Project is the latest examining the factors in nurses' decisions about their jobs.
Practice Sights
January 1, 2003 | Book
In this chapter, Irene Wielawski, an award-winning journalist, the evaluator of the Foundation's Reach Out program, and a frequent contributor to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Anthology series, examines this ambitious 10-state effort.
Program Repays Student Loans for Primary Care Physicians Working in Underserved Areas
February 29, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
The Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) has awarded $9.1 million to medical students participating in the National Health Service Corps’ Students to Service Loan Repayment Program. In exchange for funds to repay their medical school debts, t ...
Recruiting Primary Care Physicians: Away from Specialties and Into Rural Areas
February 13, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Convincing a medical student, sometimes tens of thousands of dollars in debt, to take a lower-paying job or move to a low-income, rural community can be a tough sell. So perhaps it’s not surprising that many new physicians gravitate toward high-payi ...
The Geographic Accessibility of Retail Clinics for Underserved Populations
May 25, 2009 | Journal Article
The authors consider the number of retail clinics across the United States, determining they are not located in areas that might be designated underserved even though they are touted as a health care resource for the uninsured and disadvantaged.
The Relative Geographic Immobility of New Registered Nurses Calls for New Strategies to Augment that Workforce
December 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Little is known about registered nurses' geographic mobility after they earn their first professional degree and become licensed to practice.