Early return visits by primary care patients: A retail nurse-practitioner clinic versus a medical office walk-in clinic

Primary Health Care Research and Development

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 87-92

  Rohrer, James E ^a   Angstman, Kurt B ^a   Furst, Joseph W ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

evaluation; health centers; nurse practitioners; primary care; retail medicine; return visits

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011482276     PISSN: 14634236     EISSN: 14771128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1463423609990387     Document Type: Article

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