Experiences of nurse practitioners and medical practitioners working in collaborative practice models in primary healthcare in Australia - A multiple case study using mixed methods

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Schadewaldt, Verena ^a   McInnes, Elizabeth ^a   Hiller, Janet E ^b,c   Gardner, Anne ^a,d  

^a AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Health policy; Nurse practitioners; Physician nurse relation; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEGAL LIABILITY; MANAGER; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PERCEPTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REIMBURSEMENT; SATISFACTION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STATISTICS; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL MODEL; COOPERATION; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; MALE; MANAGEMENT; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PUBLIC RELATIONS;

AUSTRALIA; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; LIABILITY, LEGAL; MALE; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIANS; PRACTICE MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84979662933     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12875-016-0503-2     Document Type: Article

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