Doing more with less and less with more.
The "devil is in the details" of any policy response. What forms such changes may take, and what research informs them, are critical to the profession as a whole and to practitioners on a daily basis. Research partnerships between home care agencies and university professors may provide rigorous, systematic, and validated findings necessary for meaningful solutions (Plotkin & Roche, 2000). The evidence of a dialogue between nursing researchers, home healthcare practitioners, and policymakers anticipating impacts on practice of changing fiscal and information-gathering requirements is scant. Such issues are in need a priority discussion by agencies, and collaborative investigative efforts between all involved.
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University of Illinois at Chicago College of Nursing, Quad Cities Regional Program, 555 Sixth Street, Suite 600, Moline, IL 61265, USA. MAA928@uic.edu
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Sparbel
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D020811:Biomedical Technology; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D011445:Prospective Payment System; D014481:United States