New England Public Policy Center Policy Brief No. 05-1
by Brad Hershbein

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This brief summarizes the proceedings of the 25th Massachusetts Health Policy Forum, held on March 30, 2005 at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. The forum focused on two pending pieces of legislation that intended to improve patient safety and nursing conditions in Massachusetts, one by legislating “nurse-to-patient ratios” and a second by increasing the supply of nurses, generally.