Characteristics of patient visits to nurse practitioners and physician assistants in hospital outpatient departments

Journal of Professional Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 335-343

  Mills, Andrew C ^a   McSweeney, Maryellen ^b   Lavin, Mary Ann ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Logistic regression; Nurse practitioners; Physician assistants; Referral

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSE PRACTITIONER; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; ODDS RATIO; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PATIENTS; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032215315     PISSN: 87557223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S8755-7223(98)80075-6     Document Type: Article

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