Who else is providing care in dermatology practices? Trends in the use of nonphysician clinicians

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 211-216

  Resneck Jr , Jack S ^a   Kimball, Alexa B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DERMATOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DERMATOLOGY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38349180719     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2007.09.032     Document Type: Article

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