Evidence regarding the impact of nurse practitioners (NPs) compared to physicians (MDs)
on health care quality, safety, and effectiveness was systematically reviewed. Data from 37 …

Objective To determine the cost-effectiveness of nurse practitioners delivering primary and
specialised ambulatory care. Design A systematic review of randomised controlled trials …

Nurse practitioners are the principal group of advanced-practice nurses delivering primary
care in the United States. We reviewed the current and projected nurse practitioner …

The Learning Healthcare System is the first formal product of the Institute of Medicine (IOM)
Roundtable on Evidence-Based Medicine. It is a summary of a two-day workshop held in …

Background Ethnic minority groups in upper‐middle‐income and high‐income countries
tend to be socioeconomically disadvantaged and to have a higher prevalence of type 2 …

Aim. The aim of this paper is to discuss six issues influencing the introduction of advanced
practice nursing (APN) roles: confusion about APN terminology, failure to define clearly the …

Background Projections of physician shortages, an aging population, and insurance
expansions have increased interest in expanding the number of primary care nurse …

Purpose: To describe international trends on the developing role of the nurse practitioner‐
advanced practice nurse (NP‐APN), including nomenclature, levels and types of NP‐APN …

Because of workforce needs and demographic and chronic disease trends, nurse
practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs) are taking a larger role in the primary care …

Human beings are primates, and primates are political animals. Our brains, therefore, are
designed not just to hunt and gather, but also to help us get ahead socially, often via …