Is an expanded nurse role economically viable?

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 471-479

  Lee, Taewha ^a   Ko, Il Sun ^a   Jeong, Seok Hee ^b  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Community health practitioner; Cost minimization analysis; Economic evaluation; Nursing; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INCOME; KOREA; MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; NURSING; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF EVALUATION;

COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; HUMANS; KOREA; NURSE'S ROLE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE LOCATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 2642579757     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2004.03021.x     Document Type: Article

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