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Potentially Preventable Hospitalizations in Medicare Patients with Diabetes: a Comparison of Primary Care Provided by Nurse Practitioners versus Physicians

BACKGROUND: Few comparisons exist of the quality of primary care provided by nurse practitioners (NPs) versus physicians. METHODS: Patients with a diagnosis of diabetes in 2007–2010 (n=345,819) who received all primary care from NPs or from generalist physicians in a given year were selected from a...

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Published in:Med Care
Main Authors: Kuo, Yong-Fang, Chen, Nai-Wei, Baillargeon, Jacques, Raji, Mukaila A., Goodwin, James S.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2015
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4536572/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26270826
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MLR.0000000000000406
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