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The Employment of Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants in U.S. Nursing Homes

January 1, 2005 | Journal Article

Nursing home facilities that employ nursing practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs) make a significant investment in quality of care for their residents. In 2001, there were approximately 65,000 NPs in the United States but only 10 percen ...

More Doctors are Needed in America's Inner Cities

February 1, 2001 | Program Result

Investigators from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Medical School examined changes in the availability of physicians in U.S. urban areas from 1980 to 1997.

Survey Findings

March 1, 2008 | Program Result

From 1996 to 1999, researchers at Harvard Medical School conducted a study of how the organization, financing and characteristics of medical providers affect the quality and the costs of care received by people with HIV/AIDS.

Study Identifies Approaches for Balancing the Mix of Generalists and Specialists in the Physician Workforce

May 1, 1998 | Program Result

From 1992 to 1997, researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Medical School conducted policy studies using different mathematical models designed to test the effects of these proposals.

An Ambitious Project Measuring Demand for Health Care Providers Scales Back, Discovering What Doesn't Work

October 1, 1998 | Program Result

Investigators at Abt Health Care Research Foundation in Cambridge, Mass., attempted to develop three new methods for measuring the demand for the services of generalist physicians and mid-level practitioners:

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