Characteristics of primary care office visits to nurse practitioners, physician assistants and physicians in United States Veterans Health Administration facilities, 2005 to 2010: A retrospective cross-sectional analysis

Human Resources for Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Morgan, Perri A ^a   Abbott, David H ^b   McNeil, Rebecca B ^b   Fisher, Deborah A ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Health manpower; Nurse practitioners; Physician assistants; Primary health care; United States Department of Veterans Affairs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868654005     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4491-10-42     Document Type: Article

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