The rise and impact of nurse practitioners and physician assistants on their own and cross-occupation incomes

Contemporary Economic Policy

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 491-511

  Perry, John J ^a  

^a CENTRE COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 70449107626     PISSN: 10743529     EISSN: 14657287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-7287.2009.00162.x     Document Type: Article

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