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SUBMITTER: Choi KR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7059356 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Choi Kristen R KR Takada Sae S Saadi Altaf A Easterlin Molly C MC Buchbinder Liza S LS Natsui Shaw S Zimmerman Frederick J FJ
BMC health services research 20200306 1
<h4>Background</h4>Nursing resources can have a protective effect on patient outcomes, but nurses and nursing scope of practice have not been studied in relation to injury outcomes. The purpose of this study was to examine whether scope of practice and ease of practice laws for nurse practitioners and registered nurses are associated with suicide and homicide rates in the United States.<h4>Methods</h4>This state-level analysis used data from 2012 to 2016. The outcome variables were age-adjusted ...[more]