Nurse practitioners and California’s Latino/x community
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Series Title(s):
- Fact sheet (California HealthCare Foundation)
- Contributor(s):
- California HealthCare Foundation, issuing body.
- Publication:
- [Oakland, CA] : [California Health Care Foundation], April 2022
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Health Services Accessibility Hispanic or Latino Nurse Practitioners California
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- Nurse practitioners (NPs), or enfermeros especilizados in Spanish, are a vital part of California’s health care workforce are a vital part of California’s health care workforce. They play a particularly important role providing high-quality care to underserved Californians, especially in Latino/x communities. They are more likely to work in safety-net settings, including community health centers, where Latino/x Californians disproportionately get their care. Today, more than seven million Californians, the majority of whom are Latino/x, live in Health Professional Shortage Areas. With primary care and other provider shortages projected to grow over the next decade, NPs will play an even greater role in ensuring Latino/x families can access the care they need. That is especially true, given that NPs already represent nearly a third of California’s primary care workforce and that their numbers in the state are growing at twice the rate of physicians. The care provided to Latinos/x in California should be the same high-quality care provided to all Californians. Research studies show that NPs provide primary care of similar quality as physicians and, in some aspects, NP quality of care may be higher.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY-NC-ND license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (2 pages)).
- NLM Unique ID:
- 9918573687406676 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9918573687406676