Ambulatory and chronic disease care by physician assistants and nurse practitioners

Journal of Ambulatory Care Management

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 293-301

  Hooker, Roderick S ^c   Benitez, Joseph A ^a   Coplan, Bettie H ^b   Dehn, Richard W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Ambulatory Care; Chronic Disease; Hospital Clinics; Nurse Practitioners; Physician Assistants; Rural Health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885092490     PISSN: 01489917     EISSN: 15503267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JAC.0b013e3182a12ea1     Document Type: Article

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