Nurse practitioners as primary care providers within the VA

Military Medicine

Volumn 176, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 791-797

  Fletcher, Carol E ^a   Copeland, Laurel A ^b   Lowery, Julie C ^a   Reeves, Pamela J ^c  

^a VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b SOUTH TEXAS VETERANS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSE'S ROLE; PRIMARY CARE NURSING; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051612657     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-10-00329     Document Type: Article

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