Financial and organizational factors affecting the employment of nurse practitioners and physician assistants in medical group practices

Journal of Ambulatory Care Management

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 209-216

  Kaissi, Amer ^a   Kralewski, John ^b   Dowd, Bryan ^b  

^a Mayo Mail Code 508   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Financial risk sharing; Medical groups; Nurse practitioners; Organizational factors; Physician assistants

Indexed keywords

CAPITATION FEE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GROUP PRACTICE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; ORGANIZATION; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REVIEW; RISK MANAGEMENT; RURAL AREA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037973372     PISSN: 01489917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004479-200307000-00004     Document Type: Review

References (21)

1. American Academy of Physician Assistants. (2000). Physician assistants: Statistics and trends, 1991-1998. Alexandria, VA: American Academy of Physician Assistants.
2. American Academy of Physician Assistants. (2001). AAPA physician assistants census report: 2001. Alexandria, VA: American Academy of Physician Assistants.
3. Cawley, J. (1993). Physician assistants in the health care workforce. In D.K. Clawson and M. Osterweis, eds., The roles of physician assistants and nurse practitioners in primary care. Washington, DC: Association of Academic Health Centers, 21-39.
4. Chung, K., Mullner, R., Yang, D., Shen, J., & Bell, R. (2002). The effect of nurse practitioners and physician assistants on primary care physicians' referral practices. Inquiry, under review.
5. Clawson, D.K. & Osterweis, M., eds. (1993). The roles of physician assistants and nurse practitioners in primary care. Washington, DC: Association of Academic Health Centers.
6. Cooper, R.A. (2001). Health care workforce for the twenty-first century: The impact of nonphysician clinicians. Annual Review of Medicine, 52, 51-61.
7. Cooper, R.A., Henderson, T., & Dietrich, L. (1998). Roles of nonphysician clinicians as autonomous providers of patient care. JAMA, 280(9), 795-802.
8. Cooper, R.A., Laud, P. & Dietrich, L. (1998). Current and projected workforce of nonphysician clinicians. JAMA, 280(9), 788-794.
9. Estes, E.H., Jr. (1993). Training doctors for the future: Lessons from 25 years of physician assistant education. In D.K. Clawson and M. Osterweis, eds., The roles of physician assistants and nurse practitioners in primary care, Washington, DC: Association of Academic Health Centers, 109-118.
10. Hooker, R.S. (1993). The roles of physician assistants and nurse practitioners in a managed care organization. In D.K. Clawson and M. Osterweis, eds., The roles of physician assistants and nurse practitioners in primary care. Washington, DC: Association of Academic Health Centers, 51-67.
11. Hooker, R.S. & McCaig, L.F. (2001). Use of physician assistants and nurse practitioners in primary care, 1995-1999. Health Affairs, 20(4), 231-238.
12. Jacobson, P.D., Parker, L.E., & Coulter, I.D. (1998). Nurse practitioners and physician assistants as primary care providers in institutional settings. Inquiry, 35, 432-446.
13. Lin, S.X., Hooker, R.S., Lenz, E.R., & Hopkins, S.C. (2002). Nurse practitioners and physician assistants in hospital outpatient departments, 1997-1999. Nursing Economics, 20(4), 174-179.
14. Mundinger, M.O., Kane, R.L., Lenz, A.M., Totten, A.M., Tsai, W., Cleary, P.D., Friedewald, W.T., Siu, A.L., & Shelanski, M.L. (2000). Primary care outcomes in patients treated by nurse practitioners or physicians: A randomized trial. JAMA, 283(1), 59-68.
15. Osterweis, M. & Garfinkel, S. (1993). The roles of physician assistants and nurse practitioners in primary care: An overview of the issues. In D.K. Clawson and M. Osterweis, eds., The roles of physician assistants and nurse practitioners in primary care. Washington, DC: Association of Academic Health Centers, 1-9.
16. Pearson, L.J. (1993). 1992-1993 update: How each states stands on legislative issues affecting advanced practice nursing. American Journal of Primary Healthcare, 18, 23-28.
17. Record, J.C., McCally, M., Schweitzer, S.O., Blomquist, R.M., & Berger, B.D. (1980). New health professions after a decade and a half: Delegation, productivity and costs in primary care. Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, 5, 470-497.
18. Reinhardt, U. (1972). A production function for physician services. The Review of Economics and Statistics, 54(1), 55-66.
19. Ryan, S.A. (1993). Nurse practitioners: Educational issues, practice styles and service barriers. In D.K. Clawson and M. Osterweis, eds., The roles of physician assistants and nurse practitioners in primary care. Washington, DC: Association of Academic Health Centers, 41-49.
20. Safriet, B.J. (1992). Health care dollars and regulatory sense: The role of advanced nursing practice. Yale Journal on Regulation, 9, 417-488.
21. Spratley, E., Johnson, J., Sochalski, M., Fritz, M., & Spencer, W. (2002). The registered nurse population: Findings from the national sample survey of registered nurses, March 2000. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.