Open AccessPhysician Assistants as Providers of Surgically Induced Abortion Services
Author(s) -
Marlene Goldman,
Jane S. Occhiuto,
Laura E. Peterson,
Jane G. Zapka,
R. Heather Palmer
Publication year - 2004
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.94.8.1352
Subject(s) - medicine , abortion , complication , odds ratio , confidence interval , physician assistants , obstetrics , incomplete abortion , cohort study , pregnancy , surgery , health care , nurse practitioners , misoprostol , genetics , biology , economics , economic growth
We compared complication rates after surgical abortions performed by physician assistants with rates after abortions performed by physicians.