… primary care practice, in order to address potential patient … care provided by NPs was at
least comparable to MDs. Second, this study examined the population of VA primary care patients…

… 368 000 patients in more than 560 clinical settings across the United States. High-quality
clinical trials found that NPs and physicians provide primary care with equivalent outcomes (30…

… This study sought to assess whether the quality of care received by Medicare … primary care
when provided predominantly by PCNPs, PCMDs, or by both clinician types. Overall, results …

… evaluate clinical outcomes for patients in primary care, this review validates multiple areas
of benefit with NP care, demonstrating that NPs are providing comparable clinical outcomes. …

… Care Act, the number and capacity of community health … of HC care is provided by primary
care physicians (PCMDs), … is delivered by nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (…

… The authors suggested that the findings in this study are applicable in secondary as well
as in primary care, given that the same criteria of baseline characteristics are met. …

… study, specialty care is defined as medically necessary care of a subset of patients under
treatment … Although this model focuses on primary care delivery, it applies to this research study …

… results suggest that having more NPs providing primary care … program relied solely on primary
care physicians, and it may … annual difference between primary care physicians and NPs …

… primary care to this patient population. This study identifies the effect of NP primary care … ,
on cost, quality, and service utilization by patients with MCCs. We conducted a literature search …

… of nurse practitioners and physician assistants in primary care plus … primary care plus with
nurse practitioners or physician … which primary care plus was provided by one or more nurse …