Expanding the role of nurse practitioners: Effects on rural access to care for injured workers

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 171-178

  Sears, Jeanne M ^a,b   Wickizer, Thomas M ^a   Franklin, Gary M ^a   Cheadle, Allen D ^a   Berkowitz, Bobbie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PRACTITIONER; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RURAL HEALTH CARE; TIME; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; TIME FACTORS; WORKERS' COMPENSATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 41849109476     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: 17480361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2008.00154.x     Document Type: Article

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