The effect of physician-nurse substitution in primary care in chronic diseases: A systematic review

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 145, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Martínez González, Nahara Anani ^a   Rosemann, Thomas ^a   Tandjung, Ryan ^a   Djalali, Sima ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Delivery of healthcare; Physician nurse substitution; Primary healthcare; Process indicators; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; CINAHL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NURSE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROLE PLAYING; SELECTION BIAS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; MALE; NURSE ATTITUDE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSES; PHYSICIANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84928975074     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: 14243997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4414/smw.2015.14031     Document Type: Review

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