Pediatric physician assistants: Distribution and scope of practice

Pediatrics

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 851-855

  Freed, Gary L ^a,b   Dunham, Kelly M ^a,b   Moote, Marc J ^c   Lamarand, Kara E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Pediatrics; Physician assistants; Workforce

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CAREER CHOICE; CHILD; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LICENSURE, MEDICAL; MALE; NURSE'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIVATE PRACTICE; SPECIALIZATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78049428118     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-1586     Document Type: Article

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