Open AccessPhysicians' patient referrals to a nurse practitioner in a primary care medical clinic.
Author(s) -
Stephanie Connelly,
Paul Connelly
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.69.1.73
Subject(s) - nurse practitioners , medicine , family medicine , primary care , physician assistants , primary health care , primary care physician , health care , nursing , medline , population , environmental health , political science , law , economics , economic growth
A survey of interns and residents in a Primary Care Medical Care Medical Clinic disclosed that these physicians have a very favorable impression of nurse practitioners' potential contributions to health care delivery, yet refer patients to the nurse practitioner to a much lesser degree than would have been expected on the basis of their attitudes.