Open AccessRole of Nurse Practitioners in Caring for Patients With Complex Health Needs
Author(s) -
Taressa Fraze,
Adam Briggs,
Elizabeth K. Whitcomb,
Kristen A. Peck,
Ellen Meara
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
medical care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.632
H-Index - 178
eISSN - 1537-1948
pISSN - 0025-7079
DOI - 10.1097/mlr.0000000000001364
Subject(s) - medicine , nurse practitioners , nursing , family medicine , beneficiary , district nurse , payment , demographics , health care , medline , business , demography , finance , sociology , political science , law , economics , economic growth
The objective of this study was to estimate trends in the percentage of Medicare beneficiaries cared for by nurse practitioners from 2012 to 2017, to characterize beneficiaries cared for by nurse practitioners in 2017, and to examine how the percentage of beneficiaries cared for by nurse practitioners varies by practice characteristics.