Career flexibility of physician assistants and the potential for more primary care

Health Affairs

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 880-886

  Hooker, Roderick S ^a,b   Cawley, James F ^c   Leinweber, William ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d American Academy of Physician Assistants   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREER FLEXIBILITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; OCCUPATION; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REIMBURSEMENT;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER CHOICE; DATA COLLECTION; MEDICINE; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77958107154     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2009.0884     Document Type: Article

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