This paper examines the impact of California's hospital closures occurring from 1995-2011 on adjusted inpatient mortality for time-sensitive conditions: sepsis, stroke, asthma/chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and acute myocardial infarction [...]
This study provides a comprehensive assessment of access to mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) treatment in Michigan. It identifies current challenges and provides a baseline against which progress [...]
BPOA worked in coordination with Saint Francis University’s Knee Center for the Study of Occupational Regulation (CSOR) to compile data on regional equivalent professional and occupational licensure. The report found [...]
Many opioid control policies target the prescribing behavior of health care providers. In this paper, we study the first comprehensive state-level policy requiring providers to access patients' opioid history before [...]
Beneficiaries attributed to PCNPs had lower hospital admissions, readmissions, inappropriate emergency department use, and low-value imaging for low back pain. Beneficiaries attributed to PCMDs were more likely than those attributed [...]
PURPOSE Evidence that fewer children are being seen at family physician (FP) practices has not been confirmed using population-level data. This study examines the proportion of children seen at FP [...]
This report provides an overview of the need to expand professional, business, and commercial licenses (also known as “occupational licenses”) to various work-authorized immigrants. The report provides an overview of [...]
In this policy brief, we use a novel dataset generated using OL RegData to explore differences in the stringency of occupational licensing for select states in the Midwest and mid-Atlantic [...]
Whatever one’s opinion of the federal and state government response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the virus and associated “shelter at home” orders clearly had a devastating impact on the U.S. [...]
COVID-19 and our response have caused economic disruption, forcing businesses to close and millions to become unemployed. Although we have seen some recovery, the number of people currently unemployed remains [...]