Costs and effects of new professional roles: Evidence from a literature review

Health Policy

Volumn 119, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1176-1187

  Tsiachristas, A ^a,b   Wallenburg, I ^b   Bond, C M ^c   Elliot, R F ^c   Busse, R ^d   Van Exel, J ^b   Rutten van Molken M P ^b   de Bont, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Costs; Effects; Health service redesign; Impact; New professional roles; Skill mix

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALIST; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SKILL MIX; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; NURSE SPECIALIST; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARDS;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSE SPECIALISTS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84940614339     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: 18726054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2015.04.001     Document Type: Review

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