Table 2 –

Means Before and After Implementing Full Practice Authority Among Employed Nurse Practitioners in Ten States^† (N = 1,019)

Workforce Outcome	Before Full Practice Authority (n = 326)	Full Practice Authority (n = 693)	F (1,1018)	p
Located in/near HPSA,‡n (%)	93 (23.1)	223 (28.1)	1.91	.166
Self-employed, n (%)	7(1.4)	19 (3.2)	2.55	.110
Hourly earnings,§ mean $ (SD)	48.45 (38.74)	52.29 (37.48)	1.39	.239
Log hourly earnings,§ mean (SD)	3.75 (0.50)	3.85 (0.47)	4.36	.037

^†States were CO, CT, MD, MN, NE, NV, ND, RI, SD, and VT.

^‡Health professional shortage area (HPSA) is defined by criteria from the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration to determine which zip-codes are in primary care health professional shortage areas. This data was linked to everyone’s residence.

^§Hourly and log hourly earnings are adjusted to 2018 dollars using the U.S. Consumer Price Index-All Urban Consumers (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2019)