Economic benefits of less restrictive regulation of advanced practice nurses in North Carolina

Nursing Outlook

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 585-592

  Conover, Chris ^a   Richards, Robert ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health economics; Health reform; Legal regulatory issues; Nurses; State local issues

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; GOVERNMENT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; LICENSING; MANAGEMENT; NORTH CAROLINA; PHYSICIAN; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; TAX;

ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING; EMPLOYMENT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LICENSURE, NURSING; NORTH CAROLINA; PHYSICIANS; POLICY MAKING; STATE GOVERNMENT; TAXES;

EID: 84940892613     PISSN: 00296554     EISSN: 15283968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.outlook.2015.05.009     Document Type: Article

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