System integration and clinical utilization of the advanced clinician practitioner in arthritis care (ACPAC) program-trained extended role practitioners in Ontario: A two-year, system-level evaluation

Healthcare Policy

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 56-70

  Passalent, Laura A ^a   Kennedy, Carol ^b   Warmington, Kelly ^c   Soever, Leslie J ^a   Lundon, Katie ^b   Shupak, Rachel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; EXTENDED ROLE PRACTITIONER; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PHYSICIAN; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ARTHRITIS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; ONTARIO; PHYSICAL THERAPISTS; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84881122633     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17156572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12927/hcpol.2013.23396     Document Type: Article

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