Prescribing Practices by Nurse Practitioners and Primary Care Physicians: A Descriptive Analysis of Medicare Beneficiaries
- Description
Nurse practitioner (NP) prescribing continues to be a contentious policy issue, and studies systematically examining NP prescribing are lacking. The aim of this study was to conduct a descriptive analysis comparing the prescribing services of NPs with those of primary care physicians (PCPs) in providing care to Medicare beneficiaries.
- Authors
- Ulrike Muench, RN, PhD, Jennifer Perloff, PhD, Cindy Parks Thomas, PhD, Peter I. Buerhaus, RN, PhD
- Publish Date
- 2017
- Topic
- Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs), Practice, Research
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