The extension of rheumatology services with physician assistants and nurse practitioners

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 523-533

  Hooker, Roderick S ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

health services research; healthcare organization; labor economics; medical workforce; substitution

Indexed keywords

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CORTICOSTEROID; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; HORMONE DERIVATIVE; MINERAL; VITAMIN D;

ACCREDITATION; CAREER; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MEDICAL ASSISTANT; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; METABOLIC BONE DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING CARE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING PRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOLOGY; SPLINTING;

HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS; RHEUMATOLOGY;

EID: 44349180279     PISSN: 15216942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.berh.2007.12.006     Document Type: Review

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