The Association of Race, Ethnicity, and Wages Among Registered Nurses in Long-term Care

Dados Bibliográficos

ID9103486
AutoresLaura M Wagner (0000-0002-9629-2153, Community Health Systems, University of California, San Francisco, autor correspondente), Timothy C Bates (0000-0002-1153-9007, Lee University), Timothy Bates (0000-0001-5786-7527, Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, UCSF), Joanne Spetz (0000-0003-3112-5511, Community Health Systems, University of California, San Francisco, autor correspondente)
Ano2021
Volume59
FascículoSuppl 5
PáginasS479-S485
Data de publicação2021-10-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoMedical Care (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0025-7079 • E-ISSN: 1537-1948
EditoraOvid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1097/mlr.0000000000001618
PMID34524246
OpenAlexW3199158659
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas3
Referências citadas21

OBJECTIVE: This study seeks to measure wage differences between registered nurses (RNs) working in long-term care (LTC) (eg, nursing homes, home health) and non-LTC settings (eg, hospitals, ambulatory care) and whether differences are associated with the characteristics of the RN workforce between and within settings. STUDY DESIGN: This was a cross-sectional design. This study used the 2018 National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses (NSSRN) public-use file to examine RN employment and earnings. METHODS: Our study population included a sample of 15,373 RNs who were employed at least 1000 hours in nursing in the past year and active in patient care. Characteristics such as race/ethnicity, type of RN degree completed, census region, and union status were included. Multiple regression analyses examined the effect of these characteristics on wages. Logistic regression was used to predict RN employment in LTC settings. RESULTS: RNs in LTC experienced lower wages compared with those in non-LTC settings, yet this difference was not associated with racial/ethnic or international educational differences. Among RNs working in LTC, lower wages were associated with part-time work, less experience, lack of union representation, and regional wage differences. CONCLUSION: Because RNs in LTC earn lower wages than RNs in other settings, policies to minimize pay inequities are needed to support the RN workforce caring for frail older adults

American Community Survey · Census · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Ethnic group · Health care · Labour economics · Logistic regression · Long-term care · Political science · Population · Wage · Workforce · Demography · Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes · Global Health Workforce Issues · Medicine · Nursing · Nursing education and management · Gerontology