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Author: Megan Doede, PhD, RN

Dr. Doede is an emergency nurse. She received her doctoral degree in occupational health psychology. She is clinical faculty in the Department of Family and Community Health at the University of Maryland School of Nursing.

Who’s Going to Foot the Bill

Posted onJanuary 9, 2017February 22, 2018AuthorMegan Doede, PhD, RN

A recent study explores the impact of rising health insurance costs on the phenomenon of “split coverage,”  a practice in which working poor families opt to cover their children via public insurance, even though employer-sponsored insurance (ESI) is available, in Continue Reading …

CategoriesChildren's Health, Employer Sponsored Health Insurance (ESHI), Medicaid, Uninsured

Poor Lives Matter

Posted onDecember 12, 2016January 19, 2018AuthorMegan Doede, PhD, RN

A recent paper describes the impact of poverty on various health outcomes and social conditions using an elegant, easy-to understand method. The authors used the 2015 County Health Rankings National Data to determine the five-year averages for median household income Continue Reading …

CategoriesDisparities, Public Health

ACA is Reducing Disparities in Coverage

Posted onJune 13, 2016April 10, 2017AuthorMegan Doede, PhD, RN

A recent study explores health insurance coverage changes for non-elderly Black, White, and Hispanic adults after implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The study answered three different questions. First, were there changes in the source of coverage by race? Continue Reading …

CategoriesAccess to Care, Disparities, Uninsured

The Country Nurse

Posted onDecember 21, 2015October 31, 2016AuthorMegan Doede, PhD, RN

A recent study published in Medical Care examined the relationship of geographic accessibility to primary care providers. Data derived from the 2013 Area Health Resource File, which provides a comprehensive data on a broad range of health resources and socioeconomic Continue Reading …

CategoriesAccess to Care, Advanced Practice Providers, Primary Care, Workforce

Saving Primary Care, One NP at a Time

Posted onSeptember 21, 2015March 6, 2016AuthorMegan Doede, PhD, RN

This meta-analysis by Martinez-Gonzalez and colleagues examined the effects of task-shifting from physicians to nurse practitioners in primary care. Twenty studies included in the meta-analysis all compared nurse-led care with physician-led care in general practices, including frequency and length of Continue Reading …

CategoriesAdvanced Practice Providers, Primary Care, Workforce

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