Primary care technicians: A solution to the primary care workforce gap

Health Affairs

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1893-1898

  Kellermann, Arthur L ^a   Saultz, John W ^b   Mehrotra, Ateev ^c   Jones, Spencer S ^c,d,e   Dalal, Siddartha ^f  

^a Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^d Tax for Vanguard Health Systems   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; PRIMARY CARE TECHNICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REIMBURSEMENT; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RURAL AREA;

HOME CARE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PRIMARY CARE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; WORKFORCE ISSUES;

ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS; PHYSICIANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC POLICY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84888108433     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2013.0481     Document Type: Article

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