Acceptance of Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants in Meeting the Perceived Needs of Rural Communities

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 389-397

  Baldwin, Kathleen A ^a,f   Sisk, Rebecca J ^b   Watts, Parris ^c   McCubbin, Jan ^d   Brockschmidt, Beth ^e   Marion, Lucy N ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b Department of Accounting   (United States)

^c SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Fulton County Health Department   (United States)

^e Jacksonville Illinois Public School   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MANPOWER; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WORK;

FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; JOB DESCRIPTION; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 0032238781     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1446.1998.tb00365.x     Document Type: Article

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