A meta-analysis of nurse practitioners and nurse midwives in primary care

Nursing Research

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 332-339

  Brown, Sharon A ^a   Gimtts, Deanna E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MANPOWER; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; NURSE MIDWIFE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RANDOMIZATION; STANDARD;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; NURSE MIDWIVES; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 0029400825     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: 15389847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006199-199511000-00003     Document Type: Article

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