Objective Changing workforce skill-mix is one strategy for improving the effectiveness and
efficiency of health care. Our aim was to summarise available research into the success or …

Background Registered nurses are increasingly becoming embedded in primary care teams
yet there is a wide variability in nursing roles and responsibilities across organizations …

Health care is changing rapidly. Unacceptable variations in service access and quality of
health care and pressures to contain costs have led to the redefinition of professional roles …

Background General practices have had difficulty recruiting and retaining enough general
practitioners to keep up with increasing demand for primary health care in recent years …

Background. Opportunities exist to develop an advanced nursing role in general practice
and there is growing evidence that appropriately trained nurses can reduce cost and GP …

Objectives To determine the cost-effectiveness of nurse practitioners delivering transitional
care. Design Systematic review of randomised controlled trials. Data sources Ten electronic …

Aims. The purpose of this study was to describe the demographic and employment
characteristics of Australian practice nurses and explore the relationship between these …

Shifting the balance of care towards home and community is viewed as requiring
interventions which enhance or complement primary care. Technology‐based interventions …

Abstract Background Mid-level practitioners (MLPs), including physician associates (PAs)
and advanced nurse practitioners (ANPs), have emerged to address workforce shortages in …

Background The growing global burden of heart failure (HF) necessitates the investigation of
alternative methods of providing co-ordinated, integrated and client-focused primary care …