In 2001, the U.S. government released a rule that allowed states to “opt-out” of the federal requirement that a physician supervise the administration of anesthesia by a nurse anesthetist. To date, 17 states have opted out. The majority of the opt-out states cited increased access to...

Berg, I. Human resources and economic welfare.--Lester, R. A. Reflections on manpower planning.--Boulding, K. E. Man as a commodity.--Abramovitz, M. Manpower, capital, and technology.--Reder, M. Human capital and economic discrimination.--Bakke, E. W. Manpower policy during a...

This paper adopts a labor market economics perspective to understanding the crisis of health care professionals in Africa. Five challenges resulting from this crisis are identified: a production challenge, an underutilization challenge, a distributional challenge, a performance challenge, and a...