Practice autonomy among primary care physician assistants: the predictive abilities of selected practice attributes

Journal of Allied Health

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 2-10

  Chumbler, Neale R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WISCONSIN;

EID: 0035292760     PISSN: 00907421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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