Open AccessDrivers of Cost Differences Between Nurse Practitioner and Physician Attributed Medicare Beneficiaries
Author(s) -
Moaven Razavi,
Monica O’Reilly-Jacob,
Jennifer Perloff,
Peter I. Buerhaus
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.0000000000001477
Subject(s) - payment , medicine , service (business) , family medicine , primary care , business , nursing , finance , marketing
Although recent research suggests that primary care provided by nurse practitioners costs less than primary care provided by physicians, little is known about underlying drivers of these cost differences.