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Cost-Effectiveness of Physician Assistants: A Review of Recent Evidence
Evidence on the cost-effectiveness of physician assistants has accumulated in diverse sources in recent years. In this analysis the findings of major studies which bear on the issue are assembled and evaluated. Numerous studies indicate that the utilization of physician assistants has a positive correlation with productivity measures; other studies reveal significant cost savings as […]
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The Obfuscation of Nurses, Physician Assistants and other Personnel as Physician Extenders
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Attitudes to the Use of Health Outcome Questionnaires in the Routine Care of Patients with Diabetes: A Survey of General Practitioners and Practice Nurses
Background: Despite the increasing availability of multidimensional health status and outcome measures of the patient’s physical and emotional functioning, and a number of national initiatives to promote their use, little is known about the attitudes and behaviour of general practitioners (GPs) and practice nurses (PNs) regarding their use in evaluating the effectiveness of health care. […]
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Post-Masters Certification Programs for Nurse Practitioners: Population Specialty Role Preparation
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Emergency Nurse Practitioners: The Views of Patients and Hospital Staff at a Major Acute Trust in the UK
Aim. The study reported in this paper aimed at exploring the views of staff and patients of a potential emergency nurse practitioner service in an acute trust in the UK. Background. The role of the nurse in emergency care has changed considerably in recent years, and the evolution of the emergency nurse practitioner role has […]
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Trends in Midlevel Provider Utilization in Emergency Departments from 1997 to 2006
Objectives: The objective was to quantify the expansion of midlevel provider (MLP) practice in U.S. emergency departments (EDs) over the past decade. Specifically, we sought to quantify the absolute number of patients seen by MLPs, the annual growth rate of patients seen by MLPs, and the expansion in the proportion of EDs using MLPs. Methods: […]
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Assessing the Utilization and Productivity of Nurse Practitioners and Physician’s Assistants: Methodology and Findings on Productivity
This article describes the research design, survey instrument and methodology employed in a national study to assess the utilization and productivity of nurse practitioners and physician assistants (NP/PAs) in primary care settings. All practices (N = 455) used in the study employed formally trained NP/PAs who treated, or were eligible to treate, Medicare patients on […]
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A History of the Alaska Physician Assistant, 1970-1980
The introduction of physician assistants (PAs) into Alaska began in 1971 with seven MEDEX Northwest students, who were paired with physician preceptors for 12 months. Scores of PAs were recruited as health officers on the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System starting in 1974, and by 1977 the state had 200 PAs. In 1979, the Alaska Board of […]
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Managed Care Organizations’ Arrangements with Nurse Practitioners
Thirty-four of 67 MCOs in New York and Connecticut responded to requests for information on the roles, participation, and listing of nurse practitioners as primary care providers or in other capacities. MCO executives report a high degree of satisfaction with NPs who serve as their primary care providers, especially in women’s health and geriatrics, as […]
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