Affordable Care Act: Overview and Implications for Advancing Nursing

Nursing Science Quarterly

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 254-259

  Vincent, Deborah ^a   Reed, Pamela G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

advanced practice nursing; Affordable Care Act; health policy; healthcare reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902988865     PISSN: 08943184     EISSN: 15527409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894318414534494     Document Type: Article

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