Nurse practitioner independence, health care utilization, and health outcomes

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 58, Issue , 2018, Pages 90-109

  Traczynski, Jeffrey ^a   Udalova, Victoria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b U S CENSUS BUREAU   (United States)

Author keywords

Health outcomes; Nurse practitioners; Occupational licensing; Scope of practice laws; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH WORKER; LEGISLATIVE IMPLEMENTATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SERVICE PROVISION;

ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSE; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; LICENSING; MALE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING OUTCOME; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERSONNEL SHORTAGE; PRESCRIPTION; PRESCRIPTIVE AUTHORITY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SCOPE OF PRACTICE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY;

EID: 85042410780     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: 18791646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2018.01.001     Document Type: Article

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