Trends in Nurse Practitioner and Physician Assistant Practice in Nursing Homes, 2000-2010

Health Services Research

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1772-1786

  Intrator, Orna ^a,b,c   Miller, Edward Alan ^c,e   Gadbois, Emily ^d   Acquah, Joseph Kofi ^c   Makineni, Rajesh ^d   Tyler, Denise ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^e PROVIDENCE VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Medicare claims; Online Survey Certification and Reporting (OSCAR) system; organization of medical staff; physician visits in nursing homes; scope of practice

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MODEL; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING HOME; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; SCOPE OF PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOME FOR THE AGED; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSING HOMES; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84955276529     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.12410     Document Type: Conference Paper

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