The Regulation of Occupations
The issue of occupational regulation has been of academic interest from Adam Smith to Milton Friedman (Friedman 1962; Smith 1937). In Western democracies, the number of workers who are required [...]
Health Care Spending in the United States Compared With 10 Other High-Income Countries
In this issue of JAMA, Papanicolas and colleagues compared health care spending in the United States with health care spending in a select group of 10 of the highest-income countries [...]
Untangling Hair Braider Deregulation in Virginia
We estimate the effects of removing the license requirement for hair braiding in Virginia in 2012. Using County Business Patterns and Nonemployer Statistics data from 2004 through 2014, we find [...]
Growth in retail-based clinics after nurse practitioner scope of practice reform.
Retail clinics are largely staffed by nurse practitioners (NPs) and are a popular destination for nonemergent care. We examined if there was a relationship between NP practice regulations and retail [...]
Impact of state nurse practitioner scope-of-practice regulation on health care delivery: Systematic review.
One proposed strategy to expand primary care capacity is to use nurse practitioners (NPs) more effectively in health care delivery. However, the ability of NPs to provide care to the [...]
The Impact of Nurse Practitioner Scope-of-Practice Regulations in Primary Care
The costs of primary care have been rising and access to it may become limited because of a possible shortage in primary care physicians. Some state governments have addressed this [...]
The Abuse of Occupational Licensing
Occupational licensing is invariably justified as a means of protecting the public against incompetent and dishonest practitioners. The effect of mandatory licensure, however, is often to restrict entry into an [...]
Qualified (Immunity) for Licensing Board Service?
State licensing boards perform the important government function of regulating professions, but there is a concern that these boards can be captured by interest groups and pursue private, anticompetitive ends. [...]
Physician Competency: Are We Doing Enough?
A recent article in the Federation Bulletin by Shirley Svorny, comparing certification with licensure, suggests that medical licensure does not benefit consumers but, instead, serves the interests of physicians by [...]
Licensing, Market Entry Regulation
Licensing describes the set of regulations that limit service provision to individuals or entities who meet state-established criteria. Despite claims that licensure increases service quality, the effect of licensure on [...]