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Center for California Health Workforce Studies

Publications

Physicians
Nurses
Oral Health Care
Allied Health Workers
Public Health Professionals
Multidisciplinary Health Professionals

Physicians

Backus L, Osmond D, Grumbach K, Vranizan K, Phuong L, Bindman AB. (2001) Specialists' and primary care physicians' participation in Medicaid managed care. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 16(12):815-821.
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Bindman A, Huen W, Vranizan K, Grumbach K, Streett L. (2002) Physician Participation in Medi-Cal, 1996 - 1998. Center for California Health Workforce Studies and Primary Care Research Center, University of California, San Francisco.
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Bindman AB, Yoon J, Grumbach K, Streett L. (2003) Physician Participation in Medi-Cal, 2001. Oakland CA: Medi-Cal Policy Institute.
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Bindman AB, Yoon J, Grumbach K. (2003) Trends in physician participation in Medicaid, the California experience. Journal of Ambulatory Care Management. 26(4):334-343.
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Bodenheimer T, Grumbach K. (2003) Electronic technology: A spark to revitalize primary care? Journal of the American Medical Association. July;290(2):259-264.
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Coffman J, Levin R, Colburn L, Grumbach K. (2001) Holding Onto Our Own: Migration Patterns of Underrepresented Minority Californians in Medicine. Berkeley CA: California Policy Research Center, California Program on Access to Care working paper series.
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Coffman J, Rosenoff E. (2000) Lessons from Service-Contingent Scholarship and Loan Repayment Programs for Health Professionals. Unpublished paper completed for State Senator Liz Figueroa under contract with the California Policy Research Center.

Coffman J, Rosenoff E, Grumbach K. (2002) Improving recruitment and retention of primary care practitioners in rural California. Berkeley CA: California Program on Access to Care, California Policy Research Center.
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Dower C, McRee T, Grumbach K, Briggance B, Mutha S, Coffman J, Vranizan K, Bindman A, O'Neil E. (2001) The Practice of Medicine in California: A Profile of the Physician Workforce. San Francisco, CA: UCSF Center for the Health Professions.
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Fernandez A, Grumbach K, Goitein L, Vranizan K, Osmond D, Bindman A. (2000) Friend or Foe: How Primary Care Physicians Perceive Hospitalists. Archives of Internal Medicine. 160(19):2902-2908.
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Fernandez A, Grumbach K, Vranizan K, Osmond DH, Bindman AB. (2001) Primary Care Physicians' Experience with Disease Management Programs. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 16:163-167.
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Fernandez A, Schillinger D, Grumbach K, Rosenthal A, Stewart AL, Wang F, Perez-Stable EJ. Physician language ability and cultural competence. Journal of General Internal Medicine. February;19(2):167-174.
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Grumbach K. (2002) Fighting hand to hand over physician workforce policy: The invisible hand of the market meets the heavy hand of government regulation. Health Affairs. Sep-Oct;21(5):13-27.
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Grumbach K. (2002) Specialists, technology, and newborns - Too much of a good thing. New England Journal of Medicine. 346:1574-1575.
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Grumbach K. (2002) The Ramifications Of Specialty-Dominated Medicine. Health Affairs. Jan-Feb;21(1):140-154.
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Grumbach K, Bodenheimer T. (2004) Can health care teams improve primary care practice? Journal of the American Medical Association. 291(10):1246-1251.
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Grumbach K, Bodenheimer T. (2004) Reconstructing primary care for the twenty-first century. In Isaacs SL, Knickman JR (eds), General Medicine and the US Health System. San Francisco: Jossey Bass.

Grumbach K, Bodenheimer T. (2002) A primary care home for Americans: Putting the house in order. Journal of the American Medical Association. 288(7):889-893.
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Grumbach K, Coffman J, Liu R, Mertz E. (1999) Strategies for Increasing Physician Supply in Medically Underserved Communities in California. Berkeley, CA: California Policy Research Center.
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Grumbach K, Coffman J, Rosenoff E, Munoz C, Gandara P, Sepulveda E. (2003) Strategies for improving the diversity of the health professions. Woodland Hills, CA: The California Endowment.
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Grumbach K, Coffman J, Vranizan K, Blick N, O'Neil E. (1998) Independent practice association physician groups in California: staffing, payment methods, and governance. Health Affairs. May-Jun;17(3):227-237.
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Grumbach K, Coffman J, Young J, Vranizan K, Blick N. (1998) Physician supply and medical education in California: A comparison with national trends. Western Journal of Medicine. May;168:412-421.
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Grumbach K, Dower C, Mutha S, Yoon J, Huen W, Keane D, Rittenhouse DR, Bindman AB. (2002) California Phsycians 2002: Practice and perceptions. San Francisco, CA: California Workforce Initiative at the UCSF Center for the Health Professions. December.
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Grumbach K, Hart LG, Mertz E, Coffman J, Palazzo L. (2003) Who is Caring for the Underserved? A Comparison of Primary Care Physicians and Nonphysician Clinicians in California and Washington. Annals of Family Medicine. 1:97-104.
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Grumbach K, Kerns J, Coffman J, Mertz E. (1999) Evaluating the Effects of Title VII of the Health Professions Educational Assistance Act of 1976 on Access to Care in Medically Underserved Areas. Unpublished paper completed for the Division of Medicine, US Bureau of Health Professions.

Grumbach K, Mertz E, Coffman J. (1999) Underrepresented Minorities and Medical Education in California: Recent trends in declining admissions. San Francisco, CA: UCSF Center for California Health Workforce Studies.
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Grumbach K, Odom K, Moreno G, Chen E, Vercammen-Grandjean C, Mertz E. (2008) Physician Diversity in California: New Findings from the California Medical Board Survey. San Francisco, CA: Center for California Health Workforce Studies.
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Grumbach K, Osmond D, Vranizan K, Jaffe D, Bindman A. (1998) Primary care physicians' experiences of financial incentives in managed-care systems. New England Journal of Medicine. 339:1516-1521.
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McMurray JE, Angus G, Cohen M, Gavel P, Harding J, Horvath J, Paice E, Schmittdiel J, Grumbach K. (2002) Women in medicine: A four nation comparison. Journal of the American Medical Women's Association. Fall;57(4):185-190.
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Pena E, Grumbach K, Vranizan K, Osmond D, Bindman AB. (2001) Unlocking Specialists' Attitudes towards Primary Care Gatekeepers. Journal of Family Practice. 50(12):1032-1037.
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Rittenhouse DR, Grumbach K, O'Neil E, Dower C, Bindman AB. (2004) Physician organization and care management in California: From cottage to Kaiser. Health Affairs. Nov-Dec;23(6):51-62.
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Rittenhouse DR, Mertz E, Keane D, Grumbach K. (2004) No exit: An evaluation of measures of physician attrition. Health Services Research. 39(5):1571-1588.
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South-Paul JE, Grumbach K. (2001) How does a changing country change family practice? Family Medicine. 33(4):278-285.
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Wilson E, Grumbach K, Heuebner J, Agrawal J, Bindman AB. (2004) Medical student, physician, and public perceptions of health care disparities. Family Medicine. 36(10):715-721.
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Yoon J, Grumbach K, Bindman AB. (2004) Access to Spanish-speaking physicians in California: supply, insurance or both. Journal of the American Board of Family Practice. May-Jun;17(3):165-172.
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Grumbach, K., Odom, K., Chen, E., Vercammen-Grandjean, C & Mertz, E (2008) California Physician Diversity: New Findings from the California Medical Board Survey. San Francisco, CA: UCSF Center for California Health Workforce Studies. April.
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Ash M, Seago JA. (2004) The effect of registered nurses' unions on heart-attack mortality. Industrial and Labor Relations Review. 57(3):422-442.
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Chapman S, Spetz J, Matthias R, Seago JA, Morrison E, Rickles J, Dyer W. (2004) California Nurse Workforce Initiative Early Process Report: Implementation of Project Initiatives. Sacramento, CA: Employment Development Department. July 2004.
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Coffman J, Rosenoff E, Grumbach K. (2001) Racial/ethnic disparities in education and the underrerpesentation of minorities in nursing. Health Affairs. 20(3):263-272.
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Coffman J, Rosenoff E, Grumbach K. (2001) Racial/ethnic disparities in nursing: Gaps in educational attainment account for much of nursing's lack of diversity. Health Affairs. May-Jun;20(3):263-373.
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Coffman J, Seago JA, Spetz J. (2002) Minimum Nurse-to-Patient Ratios in Acute Care Hospitals. Health Affairs. 21(5):53-64. Response to Letter to the Editor, Health Affairs; 22(1):281-282.
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Coffman J, Spetz J. (1999) Maintaining an adequate supply of registered nurses in California. Image: Journal of Nursing Scholarship. 31(4):389-393.
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Coffman J, Spetz J, Seago JA, Rosenoff E, O'Neil E. (2001) Nursing in California: A Workforce Crisis. San Francisco, CA: UCSF Center for the Health Professions.
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Keane D, Spetz J. (2007) Thematic Analysis of the 2006 Survey of Registered Nurses. San Francisco, CA: Center for California Health Workforce Studies.
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Grumbach K, Ash M, Seago JA, Spetz J, Coffman J. (2001) Measuring shortages of hospital nurses: How do you know a hospital with a nursing shortage when you see one? Medical Care Research and Review. 58(4):387-403.
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Rankin SH, Grumbach K. (2003) Profile of California nurse practitioners: Demographics and practice settings. Clinical Excellence for Nurse Practitioners. 7(4):112-120.

Rickles J, Ong PM, Spetz J. (2005) California Policy Options: Supplying California's Need for Nurses. In California Policy Options 2005, ed. Daniel J.B. Mitchell. Los Angeles: UCLA School of Public Affairs.

Seago JA. (2002) A comparison of two patient classification instruments in an acute care hospital. Journal of Nursing Administration. 32(5):243-249.
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Seago JA. (2002) The California Experiment: Alternatives for minimum nurse-to-patient ratios: Journal of Nursing Administration. 32(1):48-58.
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Seago JA, Ash M. (2002) Registered nurse unions and patient outcomes. Journal of Nursing Administration. 32(3):143-151. Response to Letter to the Editor, Journal of Nursing Administration. 32(9):439.
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Seago JA, Spetz J, and the Discrimination Research Center. (2005) Job Satisfaction and Advancement of Minorities in Nursing. Berkeley, CA: Discrimination Research Center.
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Seago JA, Ash M, Spetz J, Coffman J, Grumbach K. (2001) Hospital Registered Nurse Shortage: Environmental, Patient, and Institutional Predictors. Health Services Research. 36(5):833-854.
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Seago JA, Barr SJ. (2003) New Graduates in Critical Care: The success of one hospital. Journal for Nurses in Staff Development. 19(6):297-304.
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Seago JA, Spetz J. (in press) Minority Nurses’ Experiences on the Job. Journal of Cultural Diversity.

Seago, JA, Spetz, J. (2005) California’s Minority Majority and the White Face of Nursing. Journal of Nursing Education, 44 (12): 555-562.

Seago JA, Spetz J. (2003) Admission Policies and Attrition Rates in California Community College Nursing Programs. A Report to Senator Charles Poochigian and the California Postsecondary Education Commission. Sacramento CA: California Postsecondary Education Commission and the University of California Policy Research Center. February 4, 2003.
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Seago JA, Spetz J. (2002) Registered Nurse Pre-Licensure Education in California. Nursing Economics. May-Jun;20(3):113-117. Response to Letter to the Editor, Nursing Economics. 20(5):206-207.

Seago JA, Spetz J, Alvarado A, Keane D, Grumbach K. (2006) The Nursing Shortage: Is It Really About Image? Journal of Healthcare Management 51(2):96-110.

Seago JA, Spetz J, Chapman SC, Dyer W. (2006) Can LPNs Solve the Nursing Shortage? American Journal of Nursing 106(7):58-67.

Seago JA, Spetz J, Chapman S, Dyer W, Grumbach K. (2004) Supply, Demand, and Use of Licensed Practical Nurses. A report to the Department of Health and Human Resources, Health Resources Services Administration; Bureau of Health Professions. Rockville, MD: HRSA. November 1, 2004.
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Seago JA, Spetz J, Coffman J, Rosenoff E, O'Neil E. (2003) Minimum Nurse to Patient Ratios: The California Workforce Initiative Survey. Nursing Economics. 21(2):65-70.

Seago JA, Spetz J, Keane D, Grumbach K. (2006) College Students’ Perceptions of Nursing: A GEE Approach. Canadian Journal of Nursing Leadership 19(2):56-74.
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Seago JA, Spetz J, Mitchell S. (2004) Registered nurse staffing and hospital ownership in California. Journal of Nursing Administration. 34(5):228-237.
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Seago JA, Spetz J. (2008) Minority Nurses’ Experiences on the Job. Journal of Cultural Diversity 15 (1): 16-23.

Spetz J. (2006) Regional Forecasts of the Registered Nurse Workforce in California. San Francisco, CA: Center for California Health Workforce Studies. Full text

Spetz J. (2005) The Aging of the Nurse Workforce: Recent Trends and Future Challenges. In Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Volume 25: Aging Healthcare Workforce Issues, ed. Toni Miles & Antonio Furino. New York: Springer Publishing.

Spetz J. (2005) Public Policy and Nurse Staffing: What Approach is Best? Journal of Nursing Administration. 35 (1):14-16.

Spetz J. (2004) California's Minimum Nurse-to-Patient Ratios: The First Few Months. Journal of Nursing Administration. 34 (12):571-578.
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Spetz J. (2004) Hospital nurse wages and staffing, 1977-2002: Cycles of shortage and surplus. Journal of Nursing Administration. 34(9): 415-422.
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Spetz J. (2005) The Cost and Cost-Effectiveness of Nursing Services in Health Care. Nursing Outlook 53(6):305-309.
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Spetz, J. (2006) California Nursing Staff Ratios. In Policy and Politics in Nursing and Health Care, 5th edition, ed. Diana Mason. Philadelphia, PA: W.B. Saunders Company, pp. 518-527
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Spetz J. (2002) Increasing registered nurse staffing levels may improve clinical outcomes for people in hospital, commentary on "Nurse Staffing Levels and the Quality of Care in Hospitals", by Needleman, Buerhaus, et al. Evidence-Based Healthcare. 6:141-142.

Spetz J. (2002) The Value of Additional Education in a Licensed Profession: The Choice of Associate or Baccalaureate Degrees in Nursing. Economics of Education Review. 21:73-85.

Spetz J. (2001) What Should We Expect from California's Minimum Nurse Staffing Legislation? Journal of Nursing Administration. 31(3):132-140.
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Spetz J. (2000) Hospital Use of Nursing Personnel: Holding Steady Through the 1990s. Journal of Nursing Administration. 31(3):132-140.

Spetz J. (1999) The Effects of Managed Care and Prospective Payment on the Demand for Hospital Nurses: Evidence from California. Health Services Research. 31(4):389-393.
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Spetz J. (1998) Hospital Employment of Nursing Personnel: Has there really been a decline? The Journal of Nursing Administration. 28(3):20-27.
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Spetz J. (2007) Forecasts of the Registered Nurse Workforce in California. Sacramento, CA: California Board of Registered Nursing.
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Spetz J. (2008) Commuting patterns of RNs in California. San Francisco, CA: Center for the Health Professions.
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Spetz J, Adams S. (2006) How Can Employment-Based Benefits Help the Nursing Shortage? Health Affairs 25(1):212-218.
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Spetz J, Dyer WT, Chapman SA, and Seago JA. (2006) Hospital Demand for Licensed Practical Nurses. Western Journal of Nursing Research, 28 (6): 726-39.

Spetz J, Dyer WT. (2005) Forecasts of the Registered Nurse Workforce in California. Sacramento, CA: California Board of Registered Nursing.
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Spetz J, Given R. (2003) The Future of the Nurse Shortage: Will Wage Increases Close the Gap? Health Affairs. 22(6):199-206.
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Spetz J, Jacobs J, Hatler C. (in press) Cost-Effectiveness of a Medical Vigilance System to Reduce Patient Falls. Nursing Economics.

Spetz J, Keane D, and Hailer L. (2007) 2006 Survey of Registered Nurses. Sacramento, CA: California Board of Registered Nursing.
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Spetz J, Rickles J, Ong P. (2004) California's Nursing Labor Force: Demand, Supply and Shortages. Sacramento, CA: Employment Development Department.
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Spetz J. Rickles J, Dyer W, Hailer L, Ong PM. (2008) California’s Nursing Labor Force: Demand, Supply, and Shortages. San Francisco, CA: Center for the Health Professions.
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Spetz J, Seago JA, Coffman J, Rosenoff E, O'Neil E. (2000) Minimum nurse staffing ratios in California acute care hospitals. San Francisco, CA: California Healthcare Foundation. December 2000.
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Spetz J, Seago JA, Mitchell S. (2003) The effect of hospital mergers and conversions on hospital employment. A working paper. No. 2003.20, 2003. Public Policy Institute of California: Working Paper Series; San Francisco, CA.
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Spetz J. (2008) Nurse Satisfaction and the Implementation of Minimum Nurse Staffing Regulations. Policy, Politics, and Nursing Practice 9 (1): 15-21.

Spetz J, Donaldson N, Aydin C, Brown D. (2008) How Many Nurses Per Patient? Measurements of Nurse Staffing in Health Services Research. Health Services Research 43 (5): 1674-1692.

Spetz J, Rickles J, Chapman S, Ong PM. (2008) Job and Industry Turnover for Registered and Licensed Vocational Nurses. Journal of Nursing Administration, 38(9): 372-378.

Unruh L and Spetz J. A Primer on Health Economics. In Policy and Politics in Nursing and Health Care, 5th edition, ed. Diana Mason. Philadelphia, PA: W.B. Saunders Company, pp. 363-375.
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Waneka R and Spetz J. (2006) Trends in Nursing Education, 2000-2001 to 2004-2005. Sacramento, CA: California Board of Registered Nursing.
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Waneka R and Spetz J. (2007) 2005-2006 Annual School Report: Data Summary and Historical Trend Analysis. Sacramento, CA: California Board of Registered Nursing.

Waneka R, Spetz J. (2008) 2006-2007 Annual School Report: Data Summary and Historical Trend Analysis. Sacramento, CA: California Board of Registered Nursing.
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Manuel-Barkin C, Mertz E, Grumbach K. (2000) Distribution of Medicaid Dental Services in California. San Francisco, CA: UCSF Center for California Health Workforce Studies.
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Mertz, Elizabeth. (2007) California Survey of Dental Hygienists, 2005-2006, Descriptive Findings. San Francisco, CA: Center for the Health Professions, University of California, San Francisco.

Mertz E, Anderson G, Grumbach K, O'Neil E. (2004) Evaluation of Strategies to Recruit Oral Health Care Providers to Underserved Areas of California. San Francisco, CA: Center for California Health Workforce Studies, UCSF Center for the Health Professions.
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Mertz E, Grumbach K. (2004) The Distribution and Composition of Arizona's Dental Workforce and Practice Patterns: Implications for Access to Care. San Francisco, CA: Center for California Health Workforce Studies, UCSF Center for the Health Professions.
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Mertz E, Grumbach K. (2001) Identifying communities with low dentist supply in California. Journal of Public Health Dentistry. 61(3):172-177.
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Mertz E, Grumbach K, MacIntosh L, Coffman J. (2000) Geographic Distribution of Dentists in California: Dental Shortage Areas, 1998. San Francisco: UCSF Center for California Health Workforce Studies.
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Mertz E, Manuel-Barkin C, Isman B, O'Neil E. (2000) Improving Oral Health Care Systems in California. San Francisco, CA: San Francisco, Center for the Health Professions.
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Mertz EA, O'Neil E. (2002) The Growing Challenge of Oral Health in America. Health Affairs. 21(5): 65-77.

Orlans J, Mertz E, Grumbach K. (2002) Dental Health Professional Shortage Area Methodology: A Critical Review. San Francisco, CA: Center for the Health Professions, UCSF, October.
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Mertz, E (2008) Registered Dental Hygienists in Alternative Practice: Increasing Access to Dental Care in California. San Francisco, CA: UCSF Center for the Health Professions. May.
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Chapman SA, Lindler V, Ward-Cook K. (2005) An Assessment of Critical Issues Facing the Clinical Laboratory Workforce. Clinical Leadership & Management Review. 19(1):E4.
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Chapman SA, Dronsky M, Newcomer RJ, Harrington C, Grumbach K. (submitted) (2004) An Aging U.S. Population and the Health Care Workforce: Factors Affecting the Need for Geriatric Care Workers. A report to the Department of Health and Human Resources, Health Resources Services Administration, Bureau of Health Professions, Center for Health Workforce Analysis. Rockville, MD.

Chapman SA, Franks PE, Lindler V, Ward-Cook K. (2005) The Clinical Laboratory Workforce: The Changing Picture of Supply, Demand, Education, and Practice. A report to the Department of Health and Human Resources, Health Resources Services Administration, Bureau of Health Professions, Center for Health Workforce Analysis. Rockville, MD.
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Chapman SA, McClory V, and Ward-Cook K. (2005) Wage increases in the clinical laboratory: how are workers faring against inflation and in comparison to other health professions? Clinical Leadership Management Review. 19(4):E2.
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Chapman SA, Showstack JA, Morrison EM, Franks PE, Woo LY, O'Neil E. (2004) Allied Health Workforce Innovations for the 21st Century. Final Report. Center for Health Professions: University of California, San Francisco.
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Franks PE, Chapman S, Nowicki N, Mukherjea A. (2002) Trends, Issues, and Projections of Supply and Demand for Nursing Aides and Home Care Aides: California Fieldwork. San Francisco, CA: UCSF Center for the Health Professions.
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Franks PE, Greene N, Mukherjea A, Chapman S. (2002) Allied Health: 1970s-2000s. A Review of Key Reports. San Francisco, CA: UCSF Center for the Health Professions.
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Franks PE, Kocher N, Chapman S. (2003) Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics in California. San Francisco, CA: UCSF Center for the Health Professions.
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Harrington C, Chapman S, Miller E, Miller N, Newcomer R. (in press) Trends in the Supply of Long Term Care Facilities and Beds in the U.S. Journal of Applied Geronontology.

Kocher N, Chapman S, Dronsky M. (2003) Respiratory Care Practitioners in California. San Francisco, CA: UCSF Center for the Health Professions.
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Lindler V, Chapman S. (2003) The Clinical Laboratory Workforce in California. San Francisco, CA: UCSF Center for the Health Professions.
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Lindler V, Woo L, Chapman S. (2003) Diagnostic Imaging Professionals in California. San Francisco, CA: UCSF Center for the Health Professions.
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Matthias R, Chapman S, Rickles J, Morrison E, Ong P, Benjamin AE, Newcomer R. (2003) Caregiver Training Initiative: Final Process and Outcome Evaluation Report. Sacramento, CA: California Employment Development Department.
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Ruzek J, Bloor L, Anderson J, Ngo M. (1999) The Hidden Health Care Workforce: Recognizing, Understanding and Improving the Allied and Auxiliary Health Workforce. San Francisco, CA: UCSF Center for the Health Professions.
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Tache S, Chapman S. (2004) Medical Assistants in California. San Francisco, CA: UCSF Center for the Health Professions.
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Ward-Cook K, Chapman S, Tannar S. (2003) 2002 Wage and vacancy survey of medical laboratories - part I. Laboratory Medicine. 9(34):631-638.
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Ward-Cook K, Chapman S, Tannar S. (2003) 2002 Wage and vacancy survey of medical laboratories - part II. Laboratory Medicine. 10(34):702-707.
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Center for Health Workforce Studies. Public Health Workforce Study. Rockville, Maryland: Bureau of Health Professions, National Center for Health Workforce Information & Analysis, Health Resources and Services Administration, DHHS. January 2005.
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Grumbach K, Miller J, Mertz E, Finocchio L. (2004) How much public health in public health nursing practice? Public Health Nursing. 21(3):266-276.
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Mertz E, Finocchio L. (1999) A Snapshot of California's Local Public Health Departments. San Francisco, CA: UCSF Center for California Health Workforce Studies.
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Miller J, Grumbach K, Mertz E. (2002) Nursing for the Public's Health: A Profile of Public Health Nurses in Five California Counties. San Francisco, CA: Center for California Health Workforce Studies, University of California - San Francisco. December 2002.
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Gitterman D, Spetz J, Fellowes M. (2004) The Other Side of the Ledger: Federal Health Spending in Metropolitan Economies. Washington, DC: The Brookings Institution. September 2004.
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Grumbach K, Coffman J, Rosenoff E, Muñoz C. (2001) Trends in Underrepresented Minority Participation In Health Professions Schools. Prepared for the Nickens Symposium on Diversity in the Health Professions. Washington, DC. National Academy Press.

Grumbach K, Coffman J, Gandara P, Munoz C, Rosenoff E, Sepulveda E. (2003) Strategies to Improve the Diversity of the Health Professions. Woodland Hills CA: The California Endowment.
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Peña-Dolhun E, Muñoz C, Grumbach K. (2003) Cross-cultural Education in U.S. Medical Schools: Development of an assessment tool. Academic Medicine. Jun;78(6):1-8.
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Spetz J, Maiuro L. (2004) Measuring levels of technology in hospitals. Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance. 44(3):430-447.

UCSF Center for California Health Workforce Studies & the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (2000). Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants and Certified Nurse Midwives in California. Sacramento, CA: Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development.
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