German GPs' willingness to expand roles of physician assistants: A regional survey of perceptions and informal practices influencing uptake of health reforms in primary health care

Family Practice

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 448-454

  Dini, Lorena ^a   Sarganas, Giselle ^a   Boostrom, Eugene ^b   Ogawa, Sumiko ^b   Heintze, Christoph ^a   Braun, Vittoria ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b MEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Delegation; GPs; House calls; PAs; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEMALE PHYSICIAN; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL DELEGATION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONNEL DELEGATION; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84864952277     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmr127     Document Type: Article

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