The impact on patient flow after the integration of nurse practitioners and physician assistants in 6 Ontario emergency departments

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 455-461

  Ducharme, James ^a   Alder, Robert J ^b   Pelletier, Cindy ^c   Murray, Don ^d   Tepper, Joshua ^e  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c MedEmerg International Ltd   (Canada)

^d Harry Cummings and Associates   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Length of stay; Nurse practitioner; Physician assistant; Wait times

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; LENGTH OF STAY; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PATIENT ABANDONMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; REVIEW; VALIDATION PROCESS; ARTICLE; CANADA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MANPOWER; ROLE PLAYING; STATISTICS; TIME;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; ONTARIO; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS; ROLE; TIME FACTORS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 77953838366     PISSN: 14818035     EISSN: 14818035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1481803500011659     Document Type: Review

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