Primary care physician shortages could be eliminated through use of teams, nonphysicians, and electronic communication

Health Affairs

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 11-19

  Green, Linda V ^a   Savin, Sergei ^b   Lu, Yina ^a  

^a The Sanford C Bernstein Co Center for Leadership and Ethics   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; OUTPATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTION; PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN SHORTAGE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE;

APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84872073145     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2012.1086     Document Type: Article

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