2026 Joanne Spetz: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

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Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	51	2635	2409	1276	1153	247	8287

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World Ranking

2635

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1276

Overview

Joanne Spetz is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco in the United States. Their research spans across health professions and medicine, with significant contributions to subfields such as general health professions, public health, environmental and occupational health, economics and econometrics, emergency medicine, and emergency medical services.

Their recent publications cover various topics in health care, notably addressing workforce issues, regulatory policies, salary disparities, care delivery in nursing homes, and opioid use disorder treatment. Some of these publications include:

Ensuring and Sustaining a Pandemic Workforce, 2020, New England Journal of Medicine
Modernizing Scope-of-Practice Regulations - Time to Prioritize Patients, 2020, New England Journal of Medicine
Sex Differences in Salaries of Department Chairs at Public Medical Schools, 2020, JAMA Internal Medicine
Medical Care Delivery in U.S. Nursing Homes: Current and Future Practice, 2020, The Gerontologist
Changes in US Clinician Waivers to Prescribe Buprenorphine Management for Opioid Use Disorder During the COVID-19 Pandemic and After Relaxation of Training Requirements, 2022, JAMA Network Open

Joanne Spetz's primary research topics include:

Geriatric care and nursing homes
Nursing roles and practices
Opioid use disorder treatment
Health systems, economic evaluations, quality of life
Palliative care and end-of-life issues
Healthcare professionals' stress and burnout
Emergency and acute care studies

Their frequent co-authors reflect ongoing collaborative work in the field and include:

Laura M. Wagner
Ulrike Muench
Susan A. Chapman
Caryl Gay
Audrey Lyndon

Joanne Spetz regularly publishes in several key venues, such as:

Innovation in Aging
Medical Care Research and Review
Journal of the American Medical Directors Association
Health Affairs Scholar
Nursing Outlook

Best Publications

Implications of the California nurse staffing mandate for other states.

Linda H. Aiken;Douglas M. Sloane;Jeannie P. Cimiotti;Sean P. Clarke

597
Citations
Baccalaureate Education in Nursing and Patient Outcomes

Mary A Blegen;Colleen J Goode;Shin Hye Park;Thomas Vaughn

424
Citations
Is There Monopsony in the Labor Market? Evidence from a Natural Experiment

Douglas O. Staiger;Joanne Spetz;Ciaran S. Phibbs

397
Citations
Nurse staffing effects on patient outcomes: safety-net and non-safety-net hospitals.

Mary A. Blegen;Colleen J. Goode;Joanne Spetz;Thomas Vaughn

285
Citations
Impact of state nurse practitioner scope-of-practice regulation on health care delivery: Systematic review

Ying Xue;Zhiqiu Ye;Carol Brewer;Joanne Spetz

238
Citations
How Many Nurses per Patient? Measurements of Nurse Staffing in Health Services Research

Joanne Spetz;Nancy Donaldson;Carolyn Aydin;Diane S. Brown

188
Citations
Minimum Nurse-To-Patient Ratios In Acute Care Hospitals In California

Janet M. Coffman;Jean Ann Seago;Joanne Spetz

180
Citations
The nursing shortage: is it really about image?

Jean Ann Seago;Joanne Spetz;Andrew Alvarado;Dennis Keane

156
Citations
The Future Of The Nurse Shortage: Will Wage Increases Close The Gap?

Joanne Spetz;Ruth Given

149
Citations
Chronic Childhood Trauma, Mental Health, Academic Achievement, and School-Based Health Center Mental Health Services.

Satu Larson;Susan Chapman;Joanne Spetz;Claire D. Brindis;Claire D. Brindis

148
Citations
Future Demand For Long-Term Care Workers Will Be Influenced By Demographic And Utilization Changes

Joanne Spetz;Laura Trupin;Timothy Bates;Janet M. Coffman

122
Citations
Few Hospital Palliative Care Programs Meet National Staffing Recommendations

Joanne Spetz;Nancy Dudley;Laura Trupin;Maggie Rogers

117
Citations
Hospital information technology systems' impact on nurses and nursing care.

Renae Waneka;Joanne Spetz

116
Citations
Ensuring and Sustaining a Pandemic Workforce.

Erin P. Fraher;Patricia Pittman;Bianca K. Frogner;Joanne Spetz

114
Citations
Scope-Of-Practice Laws For Nurse Practitioners Limit Cost Savings That Can Be Achieved In Retail Clinics

Joanne Spetz;Stephen T. Parente;Robert J. Town;Dawn Bazarko

113
Citations
Comparison of patient outcomes in Magnet® and non-Magnet hospitals.

Colleen J. Goode;Mary A. Blegen;Shin Hye Park;Thomas Vaughn

105
Citations
Patient turnover and the relationship between nurse staffing and patient outcomes

Shin Hye Park;Mary A. Blegen;Joanne Spetz;Susan A. Chapman

103
Citations
California's minimum nurse staffing legislation: results from a natural experiment.

Barbara A. Mark;David W. Harless;Joanne Spetz;Kristin L. Reiter

103
Citations
Emerging Roles for Peer Providers in Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders.

Susan A. Chapman;Lisel K. Blash;Kimberly Mayer;Joanne Spetz

100
Citations
California's minority majority and the White face of nursing.

Jean Ann Seago;Joanne Spetz

94
Citations
The DNP by 2015: A Study of the Institutional, Political, and Professional Issues that Facilitate or Impede Establishing a Post-Baccalaureate Doctor of Nursing Practice Program.

David I Auerbach;Grant R Martsolf;Marjorie L Pearson;Erin Audrey Taylor

94
Citations
Nursing Home Implementation of Health Information Technology: Review of the Literature Finds Inadequate Investment in Preparation, Infrastructure, and Training:

Michelle J Ko;Laura Wagner;Joanne Spetz

87
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Laurence C. Baker Stanford University

Laura A. Schmidt University of California, San Francisco

Charlene Harrington University of California, San Francisco

Claire D. Brindis University of California, San Francisco

Douglas O. Staiger Dartmouth College

James F. Burgess Boston University

Karla Kerlikowske University of California, San Francisco

Yuchiao Chang Harvard University

Allen C. Goodman Wayne State University

Linda H. Aiken University of Pennsylvania

External Links

Personal website of Joanne Spetz Google Scholar page

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