Meeting global needs in primary care with nurse practitioners

The Lancet

Volumn 380, Issue 9840, 2012, Pages 449-450

  Riegel, Barbara ^a   Sullivan Marx, Eileen ^b   Fairman, Julie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; KNOWLEDGE; NOTE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POPULATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SKILL;

EID: 84864770283     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60241-4     Document Type: Note

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