Impact of nurse practitioners on health outcomes ofMedicare and Medicaid patients

Nursing Outlook

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 440-447

  Oliver, Gina M ^a   Pennington, Lila ^a   Revelle, Sara ^b   Rantz, Marilyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b Boone Orthopaedic Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Medicaid; Medicare; Nurse practitioners

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME FOR THE AGED; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING HOME; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT READMISSION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84912081133     PISSN: 00296554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.outlook.2014.07.004     Document Type: Article

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