Organizing and investing to expand primary care availability with nurse practitioners

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 265-269

  Levin, Peter J ^a   Bateman, Rick ^b  

^a Cheetah Consulting ^*

^b Cheetah Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MANPOWER; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING PRACTICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

FINANCIAL SUPPORT; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSE'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; NURSE'S ROLE; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862316789     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-011-9537-5     Document Type: Note

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