Trends in Visits to Specialist Physicians Involving Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants, 2001 to 2013

JAMA Intern Med. 2017 Aug 1;177(8):1213-1216. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2017.1630.

Authors

Kristin N Ray¹, Grant R Martsolf², Ateev Mehrotra³, Michael L Barnett⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
² RAND Corporation and Department of Health and Community Systems, University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
³ Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁴ Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.

Abstract

This study describes the roles of nurse practitioners and physician assistants in providing care to specialist physicians’ patients.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Ambulatory Care* / methods
Ambulatory Care* / organization & administration
Health Services Accessibility* / organization & administration
Health Services Accessibility* / standards
Humans
Nurse Practitioners*
Physician Assistants*
Physicians, Primary Care
Primary Health Care / organization & administration*
Professional Role
Specialization*

Grants and funding

K12 HS022989/HS/AHRQ HHS/United States