Roles of nurse practitioners and family physicians in community health centres

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1020-1027

  Dahrouge, Simone ^a,b   Muldoon, Laura ^a,c   Ward, Natalie ^d,e   Hogg, William ^a,b   Russell, Grant ^f,g,h   Taylor Sussex, Rebecca ^a  

^a BRUYÈRE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c Somerset West Community Health Centre   (Canada)

^d MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^f Department of General Practice Research School of Primary Health Care   (Canada)

^g General Practice Research   (Canada)

^h MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGER; MENTAL DISEASE; NEWBORN; NURSE PRACTITIONER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE; AMBULATORY CARE; CANADA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; MIDDLE AGED; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING PRACTICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSE'S ROLE; OFFICE VISITS; ONTARIO; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRACTICE PATTERNS, NURSES'; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84911401975     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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