Mid-level providers in gastroenterology

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 246-251

  Dorn, Spencer D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COST CONTROL; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; ENTERITIS; GASTROENTEROLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; LICENSING; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PROFESSION; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HUMANS; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS; PRACTICE MANAGEMENT, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 76349123134     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2009.275     Document Type: Review

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