Nurse practitioners and physician assistants employed by general and subspecialty pediatricians

Pediatrics

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 665-672

  Freed, Gary L ^a,b   Dunham, Kelly M ^a   Loveland Cherry, Carol ^b   Martyn, Kristy K ^b   Moote, Marc J ^c   Althouse, Linda ^d   Balistreri, William ^d   Cohen, Alan ^d   First, Lewis ^d   Land, Marshall ^d   Lister, George ^d   McGuinness, Gail ^d   McMillan, Julia ^d   Miles, Paul ^d   St Geme, Joseph ^d   Stockman, James ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Generalist; Subspecialist; Workforce

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PEDIATRICIAN; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; PEDIATRIC ASSISTANTS; PEDIATRICS; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80053463738     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2011-0329     Document Type: Article

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