Nurse practitioner-staffed clinic at virginia mason improves care and lowers costs for women with benign breast conditions

Health Affairs

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 20-26

  Blackmore, C Craig ^a   Edwards, Jordan W ^b   Searles, Carly ^a   Wechter, Debra ^a   Mecklenburg, Robert ^a   Kaplan, Gary S ^c  

^a VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Virginia Mason Medical Centre   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ARTICLE; BREAST CARE; BREAST DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRODUCTIVITY;

BREAST DISEASES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; COST SAVINGS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSE'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WASHINGTON;

EID: 84872064647     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2012.0006     Document Type: Article

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