A systematic review of the impact of nurse practitioners on cost, quality of care, satisfaction and wait times in the emergency department

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 286-295

  Carter, Alix J E ^a,b   Chochinov, Alecs H ^b,c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c ST BONIFACE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Access and evaluation; Emergency medicine; Health care quality; Nurse practitioner

Indexed keywords

CINAHL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MEDICAL CARE; MEDLINE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING CARE; NURSING PRACTICE; NURSING SHORTAGE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SCHEDULING; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

EID: 34547749843     PISSN: 14818035     EISSN: 14818035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1481803500015189     Document Type: Review

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