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Is prescribing by PAs and NPs comparable to physician prescribing?
JAAPA
February 2019
Division of Health Care Statistics at the National Center for Health Statistics, Hyattsville, MD.
PAs and NPs have broad prescribing authority in the United States, yet little is known about how the quality of their prescribing practices compares with that of physicians. The quality of prescribing practices of physicians, PAs, and NPs was investigated through a serial cross-sectional analysis of the 2006-2012 National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS) and National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS). Ambulatory care services in physician offices, hospital EDs, and outpatient departments were evaluated using a nationally representative sample of patient visits to physicians, PAs, and NPs.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUsing NAMCS and NHAMCS to Examine Health Care by U.S. Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners.
JAAPA
February 2017
Deputy Director of the Division of Health Care Statistics at the National Center for Health Statistics, Hyattsville, MD; Professorial Lecturer at George Washington University, Milken Institute School of Public Health, Washington, DC.