Nurse-managed health centers and patient-centered medical homes could mitigate expected primary care physician shortage

Health Affairs

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1933-1941

  Auerbach, David I ^a   Chen, Peggy G ^a   Friedberg, Mark W ^a   Reid, Rachel ^b   Lau, Christopher ^a   Buerhaus, Peter I ^c   Mehrotra, Ateev ^a,d  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATION; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSISTANT; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING CARE; NURSING HOME; NURSING MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; PRACTICAL NURSE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REGISTERED NURSE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ORGANIZATION AND DELIVERY OF CARE; PHYSICIANS; PRIMARY CARE; WORKFORCE ISSUES;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84888083972     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2013.0596     Document Type: Article

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