Trends in care by nonphysician clinicians in the United States

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 348, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 130-137

  Druss, Benjamin G ^a   Marcus, Steven C ^b   Olfson, Mark ^c   Tanielian, Terri ^d   Pincus, Harold Alan ^d,e  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Columbia Univ Coll Phys/Surgeon ^*  (United States)

^d RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NURSE; OPTOMETRY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL WORKER; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; AMBULATORY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037426746     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMsa020993     Document Type: Article

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