Outcomes associated with nurse practitioners in collaborative practice with general practitioners in rural settings in Canada: A mixed methods study

Human Resources for Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Roots, Alison ^a   MacDonald, Marjorie ^b  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Case study; Outcomes; Primary care nurse practitioner; Rural practice

Indexed keywords

CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMERGENCY CARE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; JOB SATISFACTION; MODEL; NURSE PRACTITIONER; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE; COOPERATION; EVALUATION STUDY; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; UTILIZATION;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FAMILY PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84965190298     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4491-12-69     Document Type: Article

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