TABLE 2.
Difference-in-Difference Analysis of NP Practice Authority Impact by Chronic Condition
| High cholesterol (n=33,409) | (1) | (2) |
| FPA State | 0.3971 (0.7242) | 0.4073 (0.8513) |
| Post-policy change | 0.2055 (0.3081) | 0.1676 (0.3005) |
| FPA—post-policy | −0.7367 (0.6359) | 0.2994 (0.9922) |
| Rural county | −1.9175*** (0.5638) | |
| FPA—rural county | −1.4177** (0.6306) | |
| High Blood Pressure (n=38,858) | (1) | (2) |
| FPA state | 0.3971 (0.7242) | 1.2914* (0.6903) |
| Post-policy change | 0.2055 (0.3081) | 0.5820* (0.3363) |
| FPA—post-policy | −0.7367 (0.6359) | 2.7860 (1.7525) |
| Rural county | −0.6119 (0.5427) | |
| FPA—rural county | −2.9420 (2.2014) | |
| Diabetes (n=13,075) | (1) | (2) |
| FPA state | −0.3456 (1.7970) | −0.3431 (1.7967) |
| Post-policy change | 0.0962 (0.4715) | 0.0954 (0.4681) |
| FPA—post-policy | 1.5248 (2.1338) | 8.2030*** (1.955) |
| Rural county | −0.0620 (0.5901) | |
| FPA—rural county | −8.8500*** (0.6946) | |
| Emphysema (n=2509) | (1) | (2) |
| FPA state | 5.2506*** (0.8117) | 5.2785*** (0.8713) |
| Post-policy change | 0.0503 (0.5052) | 0.1861 (0.4978) |
| FPA–post-policy | −2.1893 (4.1978) | −5.5503*** (1.2093) |
| Rural county | 3.1732*** (1.1126) | |
| FPA—-rural county | 5.0621 (1.0836) | |
| Asthma (n=17,018) | (1) | (2) |
| FPA state | 0.8284 (2.0017) | 0.8965 (1.8501) |
| Post-policy change | 1.0784** (0.4082) | 1.0394* (0.4207) |
| FPA—post-policy | 1.0471 (1.3278) | 2.7160*** (0.7572) |
| Rural county | −2.3761*** (0.6888) | |
| FPA—rural county | −2.0817 (0.9338) |
Standard errors are clustered at the county-state pair level.