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Scope-of-practice laws and expanded health services: the case of underserved women and advanced cervical cancer diagnoses.

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BACKGROUND:Underserved women (rural, minority or poor) are disproportionally diagnosed with late-stage cervical cancer, indicative of inadequate access to, and use of, preventative healthcare. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) has proposed that nurse practitioners (NP) can address provider shortages among underserved populations, but to reduce shortages, scope-of-practice laws that restrict the delivery of care, must be revised. We examined the IOM recommendation of NP expanded scope-of-practice laws on reducing the disparity of underserved women diagnosed with late-stage cervical cancer. METHODS:We examined the cohort of 10 673 women diagnosed with cervical cancer between 2010 and 2014 and reported to the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results cancer registry. We linked state-level laws regarding NP scope-of-practice to patients with cancer by their state of residence, diagnosis date and law enactment date. Hierarchical regression was used to explore NP full scope-of-practice law's impact on late-stage cancer diagnoses considering the moderating effect of women living in medically underserved areas. We adjusted for known confounders available in this population-based data set. RESULTS:Medically underserved women living in states with laws that restrict NP full scope-of-practice are twofold more likely to be diagnosed with late-stage cancer; adjusted OR and 95% CI (OR 2.08, 95% CI 1.4 to 3.1). These disparities were not observed among underserved women living in areas with NP full scope-of-practice laws (OR 0.95, 95% CI 0.7 to 1.3). CONCLUSIONS:NP full scope-of-practice laws could provide a pragmatic and cost-effective solution to healthcare provider shortages associated with late stage of cervical cancer diagnoses among underserved women.

journal_name

J Epidemiol Community Health

journal_title

Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors

Smith-Gagen J,White LL,Santos A,Hasty SM,Tung WC,Lu M

doi

10.1136/jech-2018-210709

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2019-03-01 00:00:00

pages

278-284

issue

eissn

0143-005X

issn

1470-2738

pii

jech-2018-210709

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Scope-of-practice laws and expanded health services: the case of underserved women and advanced cervical cancer diagnoses.