Roles of nurse practitioners and physician assistants in rheumatology practices in the US

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1108-1113

  Solomon, Daniel H ^a   Bitton, Asaf ^a   Fraenkel, Liana ^b   Brown, Erika ^a   Tsao, Peter ^a   Katz, Jeffrey N ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITOMETRY; CLINICAL DISEASE ACTIVITY INDEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ACTIVITY SCORE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEPENDENCE; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; PRESCRIPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPONSIBILITY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOLOGY; ROUTINE ASSESSMENT OF PATIENT INDEX DATA; SIMPLIFIED DISEASE ACTIVITY INDEX; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSE'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS; RHEUMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84903479861     PISSN: 2151464X     EISSN: 21514658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acr.22255     Document Type: Article

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