Nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and physicians in community health centers, 2006-2010

Healthcare

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 102-107

  Morgan, Perri ^a   Everett, Christine ^a   Hing, Esther ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Community health centers; Health workforce; National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS); Nurse practitioners; Physician assistants

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; ETHNICITY; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; ICD-9; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SAMPLE SIZE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; PATIENT CARE;

COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 84943197715     PISSN: 22130764     EISSN: 22130772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hjdsi.2014.06.002     Document Type: Article

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