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emodendroket
10y ago
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Yeah but how? There aren't enough primary care doctors and the work is being farmed out to nurse practitioners and physician's assistants (and anyone who says the quality of care is just the same hasn't experienced it)
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theforceawakens
10y ago
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> There aren't enough primary care doctors and the work is being farmed out to nurse practitioners and physician's assistants
Thanks for the insight, but is there any empirical evidence here?
emodendroket
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10y ago
There is quite a bit and that this phenomenon is happening is not controversial. I turned this up quickly; you could probably find better sources with more careful research:
http://kff.org/medicaid/issue-brief/tapping-nurse-practition...
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