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Joanne Spetz publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Joanne Spetz sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 247 publications — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Joanne Spetz D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Joanne Spetz sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 51 D-Index — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

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

  • Baccalaureate Education in Nursing and Patient Outcomes

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Ying Xue;Zhiqiu Ye;Carol Brewer;Joanne Spetz

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

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

  • Minimum Nurse-To-Patient Ratios In Acute Care Hospitals In California

    Janet M. Coffman;Jean Ann Seago;Joanne Spetz

  • The nursing shortage: is it really about image?

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

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

    Joanne Spetz;Ruth Given

  • 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

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

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

  • Few Hospital Palliative Care Programs Meet National Staffing Recommendations

    Joanne Spetz;Nancy Dudley;Laura Trupin;Maggie Rogers

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

    Renae Waneka;Joanne Spetz

  • Ensuring and Sustaining a Pandemic Workforce.

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

  • 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

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

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

  • Patient turnover and the relationship between nurse staffing and patient outcomes

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Jean Ann Seago;Joanne Spetz

  • 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

  • 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

Frequent Co-Authors

Kevin Grumbach
Kevin Grumbach University of California, San Francisco
Laurence C. Baker
Laurence C. Baker Stanford University
Charlene Harrington
Charlene Harrington University of California, San Francisco
Laura A. Schmidt
Laura A. Schmidt University of California, San Francisco
Claire D. Brindis
Claire D. Brindis University of California, San Francisco
Douglas O. Staiger
Douglas O. Staiger Dartmouth College
James F. Burgess
James F. Burgess Boston University
Kosali Simon
Kosali Simon Indiana University
Robert S. Dittus
Robert S. Dittus Vanderbilt University Medical Center
David G. Armstrong
David G. Armstrong University of Southern California

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