COEP Replication Package for "The Effect of Expansion of Nurse Practitioner Scope of Practice on Early Covid-19 Deaths"

Public safety is often used as an argument against expanding scope of practice (SOP)<br>for nurse practitioners, despite the benefit of filling unmet health care demand. As a<br>response to the Covid-19 Pandemic, some states expanded SOP for nurse practitioners<br>to accommodate the unprecedented healthcare challenge. We analyze the effect of the<br>expansion of SOP on daily Covid-19-related mortality, exploiting the quasi-random<br>state policy changes at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. Checking different<br>model specifications, we do not find evidence that expanding SOP for nurse practitioners<br><span>during the pandemic causes adverse effects on patients measured by Covid-19 mortality</span>

公共安全常被用作反对扩大执业护士（Nurse Practitioner）执业范围（Scope of Practice, SOP）的论据，尽管此举可填补未被满足的医疗服务需求。
作为对新冠疫情（COVID-19 Pandemic）的应对举措，部分州扩大了执业护士的执业范围，以应对前所未有的医疗挑战。
本研究借助新冠疫情初期各州政策变化的准随机外生变动，分析了扩大执业护士执业范围对每日新冠相关死亡率的影响。
通过检验不同的模型设定，本研究未发现证据表明，疫情期间扩大执业护士执业范围会以新冠死亡率为衡量指标对患者产生不利影响。