Task shifting: Meeting the human resources needs for acute and emergency care in Africa

African Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 182-187

  Terry, Benjamin ^a,h   Bisanzo, Mark ^a,h   McNamara, Mariah ^a,h   Dreifuss, Bradley ^b,h   Chamberlain, Stacey ^c,h   Nelson, Sara W ^d,h   Tiemeier, Kyle ^e,h   Waters, Ty ^f,h   Hammerstedt, Heather ^g,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^g Idaho Emergency Physicians   (United States)

^h Global Emergency Care Collaborative   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to care; Cost effectiveness; Midlevel providers; Non physician clinicians; Nurse specialists; Task shifting

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALIST; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; NURSE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PERSONNEL SHORTAGE;

EID: 84871901875     PISSN: 2211419X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.afjem.2012.06.005     Document Type: Article

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