Effects of physician-nurse substitution on clinical parameters: A systematic review and meta-analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Martínez González, Nahara Anani ^a   Tandjung, Ryan ^a   Djalali, Sima ^a   Huber Geismann, Flore ^a   Markun, Stefan ^a   Rosemann, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCONTINENCE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE LED CARE; NURSING CARE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN LED CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; META ANALYSIS; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK;

HUMANS; NURSES; PHYSICIANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK;

EID: 84896066269     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0089181     Document Type: Article

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