Characteristics of primary care office visits to nurse practitioners,…
By Human Resources for HealthBackground: Primary care, an essential determinant of health system equity, efficiency, and effectiveness, is threatened by inadequate supply and distribution of the provider workforce. The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) has been a frontrunner in the use of nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs). Evaluation of the roles and impact of NPs and PAs in the VHA is critical to ensuring optimal care for veterans and may inform best practices for use of PAs and NPs in other settings around the world. The purpose of this study was to characterize the use of NPs and PAs in VHA primary care and to examine whether their patients and patient care activities were, on average, less medically complex than those of physicians. Methods: This is a retrospective cross-sectional analysis of administrative data from VHA primary care encounters between 2005 and 2010
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Characteristics of primary care office visits to nurse practitioners,…
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on Nov 13 2012. Filed under Journal Watch.
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