The role of governance in implementing task-shifting from physicians to nurses in advanced roles in Europe, U.S., Canada, New Zealand and Australia

Health Policy

Volumn 119, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1627-1635

  Maier, Claudia B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Advanced practice nursing; Governance; Health workforce; International comparison; Nurse practitioners; Physicians; Substitution; Task shifting

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING; CANADA; EMPLOYER; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MODEL; NEW ZEALAND; NURSE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTIVE AUTHORITY; REGISTRATION; SCOPE OF PRACTICE; AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; NURSE ATTITUDE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARDS; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING; AUSTRALASIA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EUROPE; GLOBAL HEALTH; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSE'S ROLE; PHYSICIANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84951102121     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: 18726054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2015.09.002     Document Type: Article

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