Bianca K. Frogner, PhD

Professor and Chair, Department of Family Medicine
Director, UW CHWS

Biography:

Bianca K. Frogner, PhD, Director of the Center for Health Workforce Studies, is also Professor and Chair of the Department of Family Medicine (DFM) in the School of Medicine at University of Washington (UW). Dr. Frogner is also Adjunct Professor in the Health Systems and Population Health Department of the UW School of Public Health and a faculty associate of the UW Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies.

Dr. Frogner is on the Board of Directors for AcademyHealth, a professional organization representing health services and policy research. She also sits on the Editorial Boards of major health services journals including Milbank Quarterly, Health Services Research, and Medical Care Research and Review. From 2021-2025, Dr. Frogner served as a Governor-appointed member of the Washington state Health Care Cost Transparency Board. She has been actively engaged with the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, including most recently as co-chair of a workshop on the affordability of health professional education.

Dr. Frogner has served in several other leadership roles including being the Director of the UW Primary Care Innovation Lab (PCI-Lab), serving on the leadership team of the Advancing Workforce Analysis and Research for Dementia (AWARD) Network, and being a Coordinating Core member of the ReciPROcal Innovations to Improve Cardiovascular CARE in Rural America (Rural PRO-CARE) funded by the American Heart Association.

Dr. Frogner has produced over 200 publications including peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, and reports. She has delivered over 250 scholarly presentations and has appeared in media outlets including CNN, NPR, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Vox, and Politico. She has received awards recognizing her excellence in both mentorship and research.

Dr. Frogner completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health. She received her PhD in health economics at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and BA at University of California, Berkeley in Molecular and Cell Biology.

Publications/Presentations

Authors	Title	Type	Documents/Media
Lane J, Burchim S, Li A, Graves JM, Longenecker C, Masyuko S, Bacci J, Gimbel S, Webel A, Hammersla M, Leonard C, Shalen EF, O'Connell B, Thoroughman R, Ornato JP, Frogner BK	Scope of Practice Laws Affecting Team‐Based Heart Disease Care in Rural America: Policy Challenges and Opportunities	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Andrilla CHA, Oster NV, Hu X, McCoy R, Russell N, Faerberg J, Dill M, Frogner BK	Comparing Physicians’ Perceptions of Access to Behavioral Health Resources in Rural and Urban Practices	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Shahrir SF, Skillman SM, Frogner BK	Implications of Artificial Intelligence for Administrative and Management Roles Among Allied Health Occupations	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Woodward KF, Skillman SM, Frogner BK	Sociodemographic Characteristics of Nurses Entering and Leaving the US Nursing Workforce in 2018 and 2022	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Frogner BK	Recent Immigration Policies Threaten The Sustainability Of The LTSS Workforce	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Bacci JL, Oster NV, Dunlap BS, Skillman SM, Frogner BK	Pharmacy Benefit Manager Policy and Pharmacy Stakeholder Perceptions of Financial Pressures and Closures	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Shahrir SF, Dahal A, Patterson DG, Frogner BK	Variation in Health Care Resources in Rural and Urban Counties Associated with Differences in COVID-19 Mortality	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Dill J, Iztayeva A, Henning-Smith C, Frogner BK	Occupational Transitions among Direct Care Workers in the United States	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Frogner BK	Is Primary Care in Trouble?	PUBLICATION
Frogner BK	Time for a National Strategy to Prepare the Future Health Workforce on AI	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Frogner BK	Behind US Health Care Job Growth	PUBLICATION
Frogner BK	Is AI Coming for Healthcare Jobs?	PUBLICATION
Sabin JA, Kett PM, Mohammed SA, Frogner BK, Lee D	Frontline Clinicians’ Perceptions of the Stigmatization of COVID-19 and Suggestions to Prevent Future Health-Related Stigma: A Qualitative Study	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Kett PM, Guenther GA, Dunlap BS, Frogner BK	State Variations in Maternal and Child Health Workforce Support	PUBLICATION	Link to Document View the dashboard
Prusynski RA, Mroz TM, Frogner BK	Therapy Staff Turnover in Skilled Nursing Facilities: Facility Characteristics and Associations with Resident Outcomes	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Prusynski RA, Mroz TM, Smith DJ, Dula C, Frogner BK	An Assessment of the Long-Term Care Workforce Services in the State of Washington Part 1: A Quantitative Analysis	PUBLICATION	Link to Document URL
Stubbs BA, Skillman SM, Dahal A, Frogner BK	Leveraging Public Data to Track the Allied Health Workforce: The Effect of COVID-19 Data Updates	PUBLICATION	Full Report
Sabin J, Guenther GA, Ornelas IJ, Patterson DG, Andrilla CHA, Morales LS, Gujral K, Frogner BK	The Impact of Brief Health Equity/Implicit Bias Education on Patient-Centered Communication Among Clinical Teaching Faculty	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Jun J, Frogner BK, Carle AC, Tubbs-Cooley HL	Preventive Care Utilization, Employer-Sponsored Benefits, and Influences on Utilization by Healthcare Occupational Groups	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Sabin JA, Guenther GA, Ma K, Williams-York B, Barrington W, Frogner BK	Self-Reported Impacts One Year After a Brief Health Equity/Implicit Bias Course for Academic Clinicians	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Guenther GA, Kett PM, Mohammed SA, Snyder CR, van Eijk MS, Frogner BK, Williams-York B	Burnout and Stress Among Underrepresented Minority Health Professional Faculty: A Mixed Methods Study	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Dill J, Trotter LJ, Woodward KF, Mulcahy J, Frogner BK	Health Care Workforce Pay Gaps: COVID-19 Modestly Compressed Wage Disparities, 2015–24	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Guenther GA, Pollack SW, Stubbs BA, Frogner BK, Skillman SM	Washington’s Rural Oral Health Workforce	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Trotter LJ, Kett PM, Skillman SM, Frogner BK	The Role of Travel Nursing in Shifting Nursing Practice and Careers	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Woodward KF, Frogner BK, Patterson DG	The EMS Exodus: Why Clinicians Are Leaving and What It Means for Public Health	PUBLICATION	Blog
Prusynski RA, Amaravadi H, Brown C, Leland NE, Saliba D, Frogner BK, Freburger J, Mroz TM	Reductions in Therapy Provision in Skilled Nursing Facilities After Medicare Payment Reform and During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Kett PM, Woodward KF, Pollack SW, Oster NV, Kaplan L, Skillman SM, Frogner BK	Washington State’s Anesthesia Workforce (Occupational Briefs)	PUBLICATION	Anesthesiologist Assistants Anesthesiologists Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) Dental Anesthesia Assistants Dentists Physician Assistants
Kett PM, Woodward KF, Pollack SW, Oster NV, Kaplan L, Skillman SM, Frogner BK	Washington State’s Anesthesia Workforce	PUBLICATION	Full Report
Woodward KF, Hanson CS, Frogner BK, Patterson DG	Who is Leaving the Emergency Medical Services Workforce?	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Travers JL, Reckrey JM, Frogner BK, Myers-Bristol M, Grabowski DC, Spetz J	The Dementia Care Workforce: Essential to Care but Large Research Gaps Exist	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Woodward KF, Dill J, Trotter LJ, Frogner BK	Beyond the Pandemic: The Relationship Between Macroeconomic Conditions and Healthcare Worker Shortages in the United States	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Smith DJ, Dula C, Fite CM, Gattman NE, Mroz TM, Lee D, Prusynski RA, Frogner BK, Trotter LJ, Yang B, Gregg E, Kett PM, Boyd K	Washington State Long-Term Care Workforce Legislative Report	PUBLICATION	Link to Document Article
Woodward KF, Trotter LJ, Dill J, Frogner BK	New Opportunities or More of the Same? Health Industry Entrants in the Post-Pandemic Era	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Prusynski RA, Amaravadi H, Frogner BK, Mroz TM	Impacts of Skilled Nursing Facility Change of Ownership on Staffing: A Staggered Difference-in-Difference Analysis	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Sabin JA, Nagasawa P, Guenther GA, Kett PM, Williams-York B, Naidu A, Frogner BK	Implicit and Explicit Race and Weight Biases Among Physician Assistant Preceptors and Trainees	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Brumbaugh KQ, Kaplan L, Ma K, Mokdad A, Frogner BK, Rios Casas F, McCoy T, Bello B	Identifying Emerging Drivers and Interventions to Reduce Vaccine Hesitancy Among Long-Term Care Facility Nursing Staff	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Lee D, van Eijk MS, Oster NV, Frogner BK, Skillman SM	US Home Care Worker’s Access to and Use of Benefits During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Mixed-Methods Study	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Mokdad A, Frogner BK, Brumbaugh KQ, Kaplan L, Ma K, Rios Casas F, McCoy T, Bello B	Identifying Emerging Drivers and Interventions to Reduce Vaccine Hesitancy Among Long-term Care Facility Nursing Staff	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Guenther GA, Shahrir SF, Skillman SM, Kundu I, Garcia E, Frogner BK	Career Pathways Into the Medical Laboratory Workforce: Education, Exposures, and Motivations	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Kett PM, Guenther GA, van Eijk MS, Patterson DG, Frogner BK	Low Birthweight Rate Differences Associated With Distinct Perinatal Staffing Mixes at Federally Funded Health Centers	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Mroz TM, Dunlap BS, Frogner BK	Economic Insecurity During the COVID-19 Pandemic Among Healthcare Workers by Educational Attainment	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Frogner BK	Striking the Right Staffing Balance in Health Centers	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Prusynski RA, Mroz TM, Frogner BK	Differences in Staffing for Non-Nursing Occupations Across U.S. Skilled Nursing Facilities During 2018-2023	PUBLICATION	Full Report
Guenther GA, Pollack SW, Stubbs BA, Frogner BK, Skillman SM	Characteristics of the Current Dental Hygienist Workforce in Washington State	PUBLICATION	Full Report
Cole MB, Wright B, Kett PM, Johnson HM, Staloff J, Frogner BK	COVID-19 Federal Funding To Health Centers: Tracking Distribution, Locations, And Patient Characteristics	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Kett PM, Cole MB, Wright B, Frogner BK	Association of Federal COVID-19 Funding Distributions With Workforce and Capacity in Health Centers	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Williams-York B, Guenther GA, Patterson DG, Mohammed S, Kett PM, Dahal A, Frogner BK	Burnout, Exhaustion, Experiences of Discrimination, and Stress among Underrepresented and First-Generation College Students in Graduate Health Profession Education	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Dahal A, Frogner BK	Mental and Physical Health Status of U.S. Health Care Workers	PUBLICATION	Full Report
Pollack SW, Guenther GA, Stubbs BA, Patterson DG, Frogner BK, Skillman SM	Characteristics of the Current Dental Assistant and Expanded Function Dental Auxiliary Workforces in Washington State	PUBLICATION	Full Report
Dill J, Frogner BK	The Gender Wage Gap Among Healthcare Workers Across Educational and Occupational Groups	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Rochford H, Frogner BK	Strategies for Advancing Diversity and Inclusion in Health Services Research	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Prusynski RA, Frogner BK, Rundell SD, Pradhan S, Mroz TM	Is More Always Better? Financially Motivated Therapy and Patient Outcomes in Skilled Nursing Facilities	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Prusynski RA, Frogner BK, Mroz TM	Staffing Trends for Non-Nursing Occupations in Skilled Nursing Facilities in the United States Between 2018-2022	PUBLICATION	Full Report
Bacci JL, Pollack SW, Skillman SM, Odegard PS, Danielson JH, Frogner BK	Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Community Pharmacy Workforce	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Islas IG, Brantley E, Portela Martinez M, Salsberg E, Dobkin F, Frogner BK	Documenting Latino Representation In The US Health Workforce	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Pollack SW, Skillman SM, Mroz TM, Frogner BK	Medical Assistants’ Telehealth Roles and Skills in Primary Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic	PUBLICATION	Full Report
Frogner BK, Patterson DG, Skillman SM	The workforce needed to address population health	PUBLICATION	Link to Document Interview
Frogner BK	How can we make caring for older adults desirable work?	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Lee D, Pollack SM, Mroz T, Frogner BK, Skillman SM	Disability competency training in medical education	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
LeRouge C, Shahrir SF, Frogner BK	Landscape of the Health Informatics Workforce: Rapid Response Brief	PUBLICATION	Rapid Response Brief
Al Achkar M, Dahal A, Frogner BK, Skillman SM, Patterson DG	Integrating Immigrant Health Professionals into the U.S. Healthcare Workforce: Barriers and Solutions	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Lee D, Kett PM, Mohammed SA, Frogner BK, Sabin J	Inequitable care delivery toward COVID-19 positive people of color and people with disabilities	PUBLICATION	Link to Document Policy Brief
Prusynski RA, Humbert A, Leland NE, Frogner BK, Saliba D, Mroz TM	Dual impacts of Medicare payment reform and the COVID-19 pandemic on therapy staffing in skilled nursing facilities	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Frogner BK	Patients Receive Flexible And Accessible Care When State Workforce Barriers Are Removed	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Frogner BK	The Link Between Sick Leave Laws and Emergency Department Visits	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Nasseh K, Frogner BK, Vujicic M	A closer look at disparities in earnings between white and minoritized dentists	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
van Eijk MS, Prueher L, Kett PM, Frogner BK, Guenther GA	Financial Instability of Federal Navigator Program Challenges Organizations to Help Uninsured Enroll in Health Insurance Coverage	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Ornelas IJ, Schwartz M, Sabin JA, Frogner BK	Using Experiential Education in Health Professions Training to Improve Health Equity: Lessons Learned from Interviews With Key Informants	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
van Eijk MS, Frogner BK	How are Health Care Workers Utilized in Health Equity Interventions? An Exploratory Review	PUBLICATION	Full Report
Guenther G, Kett P, Skillman SM, Frogner BK	The Birth Doula Workforce in the U.S.: Rapid Response Brief	PUBLICATION	Rapid Response Brief
Kett P, Skillman SM, Frogner BK	The Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Workforce: Rapid Response Brief	PUBLICATION	Rapid Response Brief
Skillman SM, Johnson HM, Frogner BK	Pathways to Registered Nursing: Influences of Health-Related Work Experience and Education Financing	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Van Eijk E, Guenther GA, Jopson AD, Skillman SM, Frogner BK	Health workforce challenges impact the development of robust doula services for underserved populations in the United States	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Oster NV, Skillman SM, Frogner BK	Health Workforce Issues in American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) Populations	PUBLICATION	Rapid Response Brief
Jopson AD, Cummings AG, Frogner BK, Skillman SM	Employers’ perspectives on the use of medical assistant apprenticeships: a qualitative study	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Harwood KJ, Pines J, Andrilla CH, Frogner BK	Where to start? A two stage residual inclusion approach to estimating influence of the initial provider on health care utilization and costs for low back pain in the US	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Dill J, Frogner BK, Travers J	Taking the long view: understanding the rate of second job holding among long-term care workers	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Frogner BK, Dill J	Tracking turnover among health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Oster NV, Patterson DG, Skillman SM, Frogner BK	COVID-19 and the Rural Health Workforce: The Impact of Federal Pandemic Funding to Address Workforce Needs	PUBLICATION	Policy Brief
Pines JM, Harwood K, Andrilla CHA, Frogner BK	Opioid Prescriptions, Radiography, and Costs for Self-Limited “One-and- Done” Lower Back Pain Visits in a Commercially Insured Population	PUBLICATION	Findings Brief
Van Eijk MS, Guenther GA, Kett PM, Jopson AD, Frogner BK, Skillman SM	Addressing systemic racism in birth doula services to reduce health inequities in the United States.	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
van Eijk MS, Kett PM, Prueher L, Frogner BK, Guenther GA	Lack of Consistent Investment in Federal Insurance Navigator Program Undermines Navigators’ Equity Work in Vulnerable Communities	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Sabin JA, Guenther GA, Ornelas IJ, Patterson DG, Andrilla C, Morales L, Gurjal K, Frogner BK	Brief online implicit bias education increases bias awareness among clinical teaching faculty	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Frogner BK	How the Health Services Research Workforce Supply in the United States is Evolving	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Jopson AD, Frogner BK	An Examination of Health Care Workers in Nonstandard Work Arrangements and Self-Employment	PUBLICATION	Full Report
Dahal A, Stubbs BA, Frogner BK, Skillman SM	Leveraging Data to Monitor the Allied Health Workforce: State Supply Estimates	PUBLICATION	Full Report
Frogner BK	How Do You Create a “Zero-Burnout” Primary Care Practice?	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Beck AJ, Spetz J, Pittman P, Frogner BK, Fraher EP, Moore J, Armstrong D, Buerhaus PI	Investing In A 21st Century Health Workforce: A Call For Accountability	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Armstrong D, Moore J, Fraher EP, Frogner BK, Pittman P, Spetz J	COVID-19 and the Health Workforce	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Frogner BK, Schwartz M	Examining Wage Disparities by Race and Ethnicity of Health Care Workers	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Dahal A, Frogner BK, Skillman SM, Patterson DG	Accelerating Health Professions Pathways for Immigrants	PUBLICATION	Full Report
Prusynski R, Frogner BK, Skillman SM, Dahal A, Mroz TM	Therapy Assistant Staffing and Patient Quality Outcomes in Skilled Nursing Facilities	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Prusynski R, Frogner BK, Dahal A, Skillman SM, Mroz T	Skilled Nursing Facility Characteristics Associated with Financially Motivated Therapy and Relation to Quality	PUBLICATION
Oster NV, Guenther G, Frogner BK, Skillman SM	The Clinical Laboratory Workforce in the U.S.: Supply, Distribution, Education Pathways, and State Responses to the COVID-19 Emergency	PUBLICATION	Policy Brief
Oster NV, Skillman SM, Frogner BK	COVID-19’s Effect on the Employment Status of Health Care Workers	PUBLICATION	Policy Brief
Prusynski R, Leland N, Frogner BK, Leibbrand C, Mroz TM	Therapy Staffing in Skilled Nursing Facilities Declined After Implementation of the Patient Driven Payment Model	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Garcia E, Kundu I, Kelly M, Guenther G, Skillman SM, Frogner BK	The Clinical Laboratory Workforce: Understanding the Challenges to Meeting Current and Future Needs	PUBLICATION	Full Report
Mohammed SA, Guenther GA, Frogner BK, Skillman SM	Examining the Racial and Ethnic Diversity of Associate Degree in Nursing Programs by Type of Institution in the US, 2012–2018	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Frogner BK	One Change That Could Help Nursing Homes Recover from COVID-19 Fears and Become Safer Places for Aging Parents	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Frogner BK, Skillman SM	Op-Ed: It’s Time to Address Staffing at Nursing Homes — The Elephant in the Room	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Oster NV, Skillman SM, Stubbs BA, Dahal A, Guenther G, Frogner BK	The Physical Therapist Workforce in the U.S.: Supply, Distribution, Education Pathways, and State Responses to the COVID -19 Emergency	PUBLICATION	Policy Brief
Frogner BK, Skillman SM	The Challenge in Tracking Unemployment Among Health Care Workers and Why It Matters	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Oster NV, Pollack SW, Skillman SM, Stubbs BA, Dahal A, Guenther G, Frogner BK	The Pharmacist Workforce in the U.S.: Supply, Distribution, Education Pathways, and State Responses to Emergency Surges in Demand	PUBLICATION	Full Brief
Lai AY, Skillman SM, Frogner BK	Is It Fair? How To Approach Professional Scope-Of-Practice Policy After The COVID-19 Pandemic	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Pollack SW, Skillman S, Frogner BK	Assessing the Size and Scope of the Pharmacist Workforce in the U.S.	PUBLICATION	Full Report
Mroz TM, Dahal A, Prusynski R, Skillman S, Frogner BK	Variation in Employment of Therapy Assistants in Skilled Nursing Facilities Based on Organizational Factors	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Mroz TM, Frogner BK, Patterson DG	The Impact Of Medicare’s Rural Add-On Payments On Supply Of Home Health Agencies Serving Rural Counties	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Fraher EP, Pittman P, Frogner BK, Spetz J, Moore J, Beck AJ, Armstrong D, Buerhaus PI	Ensuring and Sustaining a Pandemic Workforce	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Frogner BK, Fraher EP, Spetz J, Pittman P, Moore J, Beck AJ, Armstrong D, Buerhaus PI	Modernizing Scope-of-Practice Regulations — Time to Prioritize Patients	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Dahal A, Skillman SM, Patterson DG, Frogner BK	What Commute Patterns Can Tell Us About the Supply of Allied Health Workers and Registered Nurses	PUBLICATION	Full Report Policy Brief
Skillman SM, Frogner BK, Dahal A, Stubbs BA, Guenther G	The Respiratory Therapist Workforce in the U.S. Supply, Distribution, Education Pathways, and State Responses to Emergency Surges in Demand	PUBLICATION	Rapid Response Brief
LeRouge C, Sangameswaran S, Frogner BK, Snyder CR, Rubenstein L, Kirsh S, Sayre G	The Group Practice Manager in the VHA: A View From the Field	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Pollack SW, Skillman SM, Frogner BK	The Health Workforce Delivering Evidence-Based Non-Pharmacological Pain Management	PUBLICATION	Full Report Policy Brief
Frogner BK	Interchangeability of PAs and NPs	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Larson EH, Frogner BK	Characteristics of Physician Assistant Students Planning to Work in Primary Care	PUBLICATION	Link to Document Policy Brief
Jopson AD, Skillman SM, Frogner BK	Use of Apprenticeship to Meet Demand for Medical Assistants in the U.S.	PUBLICATION	Policy Brief Full Report
Skillman SM, Dahal A, Frogner BK, Andrilla CHA	Medical Assistants in Washington State: Demographic, Education, and Work Characteristics of the State’s Medical Assistant-Certified Workforce	PUBLICATION	Report
Skillman SM, Dahal A, Frogner BK, Andrilla CHA	Frontline workers’ career pathways: A detailed look at Washington State’s medical assistant workforce	PUBLICATION	Link to Document Policy Brief
Frogner BK, Stubbs BA, Skillman SM	Emerging Roles and Occupations in the Health Workforce	PUBLICATION	Policy Brief Full Report
Frogner BK, Harwood K, Andrilla CHA, Schwartz MR, Pines JM	Physical Therapy as the First Point of Care to Treat Low Back Pain: An Instrumental Variables Approach to Estimate Impact on Opioid Prescription, Health Care Utilization, and Costs	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Snyder CR, Dahal A, Frogner BK	Occupational Mobility among Individuals in Entry‐level Healthcare Jobs in the United States	PUBLICATION	Link to Document Policy Brief
Snyder CR, Frogner BK, Skillman SM	Facilitating Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Health Workforce	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Stubbs BA, Frogner BK, Skillman SM	The Value of Real Time Labor Market Information for Monitoring Health Workforce Demand: A Case Study Examining Employer Demand for Health Information Technology Skills	PUBLICATION	Full Report Policy Brief
Boat TF, Land ML, Leslie LK, Haogwood KE, Hawkins-Walsh E, McCabe MA, Fraser MW, deSaxe Zerden L, Lombardi BM, Fritz GK, Frogner BK, Hawkins JD, Sweeney M	Workforce Development to Enhance the Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Health of Children and Youth: Opportunities and Barriers in Child Health Care Training	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Frogner BK, Wu X, Ku L, Pittman P, Masselink LE	Do Years of Experience with Electronic Health Records Matter for Productivity in Community Health Centers?	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Frogner BK, Wu X, Park J, Pittman P	The Association of Electronic Health Record Adoption with Staffing Mix in Community Health Centers	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Frogner BK	The Health Care Job Engine: Where Do They Come From and What Do They Say About Our Future?	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Patterson DG, Snyder CR, Frogner BK	Immigrants in Healthcare Occupations	PUBLICATION	Full Report Policy Brief
Skillman SM, Dahal A, Frogner BK, Stubbs BA	Leveraging Data to Monitor the Allied Health Workforce: National Supply Estimates Using Different Data Sources: Data Snapshot – Diagnostic Related Technologists and Technicians	PUBLICATION	Data Snapshot
Skillman SM, Dahal A, Frogner BK, Stubbs BA	Leveraging Data to Monitor the Allied Health Workforce: National Supply Estimates Using Different Data Sources: Data Snapshot – Medical Assistants	PUBLICATION	Data Snapshot
Skillman SM, Dahal A, Frogner BK, Stubbs BA	Leveraging Data to Monitor the Allied Health Workforce: National Supply Estimates Using Different Data Sources: Data Snapshot – Occupational Therapists	PUBLICATION	Data Snapshot
Skillman SM, Dahal A, Frogner BK, Stubbs BA	Leveraging Data to Monitor the Allied Health Workforce: National Supply Estimates Using Different Data Sources: Data Snapshot – Physical Therapists	PUBLICATION	Data Snapshot
Skillman SM, Dahal A, Frogner BK, Stubbs BA	Leveraging Data to Monitor the Allied Health Workforce: National Supply Estimates Using Different Data Sources: Data Snapshot – Social Workers	PUBLICATION	Data Snapshot
Skillman SM, Dahal A, Frogner BK, Stubbs BA	Leveraging Data to Monitor the Allied Health Workforce: National Supply Estimates Using Different Data Sources: Data Snapshot – Speech-Language Pathologists	PUBLICATION	Data Snapshot
Skillman SM, Dahal A, Frogner BK, Stubbs BA	Leveraging Data to Monitor the Allied Health Workforce: National Supply Estimates Using Different Data Sources: Data Snapshot – Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians	PUBLICATION	Data Snapshot
Skillman SM, Dahal A, Frogner BK, Stubbs BA	Leveraging Data to Monitor the Allied Health Workforce: National Supply Estimates Using Different Data Sources: Data Snapshot – Dental Hygienists	PUBLICATION	Data Snapshot
Skillman SM, Dahal A, Frogner BK, Stubbs BA	Leveraging Data to Monitor the Allied Health Workforce: National Supply Estimates Using Different Data Sources: Data Snapshot – Respiratory Therapists	PUBLICATION	Data Snapshot
Skillman SM, Dahal A, Frogner BK, Stubbs BA	Leveraging Data to Monitor the Allied Health Workforce: National Supply Estimates Using Different Data Sources	PUBLICATION	Policy Brief Full Report
Frogner BK, Skillman SM, Patterson DG, Snyder CR	Comparing the Socioeconomic Well-Being of Workers across Healthcare Occupations	PUBLICATION	Full Report Policy Brief
Frogner BK, Skillman SM	Pathways to Middle-skill Allied Health Care Occupations	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Frogner BK, Skillman SM, Snyder CR	Characteristics of Veterans in Allied Healthcare Occupations	PUBLICATION	Full Report Policy Brief
Miller SC, Frogner BK, Saganic LM, Cole AM, Rosenblatt RA	Affordable Care Act Impact on Community Health Center Staffing and Enrollment: A Cross-Sectional Study	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Pittman P, Masselink L, Bade L, Frogner BK, Ku L	Factors Determining Medical Staff Configurations in Community Health Centers: CEO Perspectives	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Lutfiyya MN, Tomai L, Frogner BK, Cerra F, Zismer D, Parente S	Does primary care diabetes management provided to Medicare patients differ between primary care physicians and nurse practitioners?	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Snyder CR, Wick KH, Skillman SM, Frogner BK	Pathways for Military Veterans to Enter Healthcare Careers	PUBLICATION	Full Report Policy Brief
Skillman SM, Snyder CR, Frogner BK, Patterson DG	The behavioral health workforce needed for integration with primary care: Information for health workforce planning.	PUBLICATION	Full Report Policy Brief
Frogner BK, Harwood K, Pines J, Andrilla CHA, Schwartz MR	Does Unrestricted Direct Access to Physical Therapy Reduce Utilization and Health Spending?	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Forte G, Graham K, Frogner BK	Commentaries on Health Services Research	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Frogner BK, Pauley GC	Do Skill Mix and High Tech Matter for Hospitals’ Competency in Adopting Electronic Health Records?	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Frogner BK, Parente ST, Frech HE	Comparing Efficiency of Health Systems Across Industrialized Countries: A Panel Analysis	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Frogner BK, Spetz J, Oberlin S, Parente ST	The Demand for Healthcare Workers Post-ACA	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Ku L, Frogner BK, Steinmetz E, Pittman P	Many Paths to Primary Care: Flexible Staffing and Productivity in Community Health Centers	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Skillman SM, Hager LJ, Frogner BK	Incentives for Nurse Practitioners and Registered Nurses to Work in Rural and Safety Net Settings	PUBLICATION	Rapid Turnaround Brief
Frogner BK, Westerman B, DiPietro L	The Value of Athletic Trainers in Ambulatory Settings	PUBLICATION
Westerman B, Frogner BK, DiPietro L	Hiring Patterns of Athletic Trainers in Ambulatory Settings	PUBLICATION
Frogner BK, Spetz J	Exit and Entry of Workers in Long-Term Care	PUBLICATION	Link to Document
Frogner BK, Skillman SM	Pathways to middle skilled allied health occupations	PUBLICATION	Full report
Snyder CR, Stover B, Skillman SM, Frogner BK	Facilitating racial and ethnic diversity in the health workforce	PUBLICATION	Full report
Frogner BK	National Health Workforce Trends	PRESENTATION
Frogner BK	Keynote: Outlook on the Allied Health Workforce in the US	PRESENTATION
Frogner BK	How Do We Know If We Have Enough? An Outlook on Health Workforce	PRESENTATION
Kett PM, Guenther GA, Dunlap BS, Frogner BK	Mapping State Variations in Maternal and Child Health Workforce Support	PRESENTATION
Skillman SM, Shahrir SF, Frogner BK	Uses of Artificial Intelligence and Implications for the Allied Health Workforce	PRESENTATION
Prusynski RA, Mroz TM, Frogner BK	Therapy Staff Turnover In Skilled Nursing Facilities: Facility Characteristics and Associations with Resident Outcomes	PRESENTATION
Oster NV, Bacci J, Dunlap BS, Skillman SM, Frogner BK	Workforce Impacts of Community Pharmacy Closures In the United States	PRESENTATION
Oster NV, Andrilla CHA, Hu X, McCoy R, Russell N, Faerberg J, Dill M, Frogner BK	Comparing Physicians’ Access to Behavioral Health Resource In Rural and Urban Practices	PRESENTATION
Amberson T, Graves JM, Laing S, Iribarren S, Frogner BK, Wong E	Associations between Burnout and Organizational Drivers of Nurse Turnover and Turnover Intent: A National Survey Analysis	PRESENTATION
Mroz TM, Dahal A, Frogner BK	Use of Non-Physician Practitioners As Allowed Providers for Home Health and Equitable Access to Care	PRESENTATION

Bianca K. Frogner, PhD

Professor and Chair, Department of Family Medicine Director, UW CHWS

Publications/Presentations

Professor and Chair, Department of Family Medicine
Director, UW CHWS