Nurse Practitioner and Physician Assistant Satellite Health Centers
The Pending Demise of an Organizational Form
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9101277 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Edward F Brooks, Susan L Johnson (0000-0002-2804-9477, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) |
| Year | 1986 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 10 |
| Pages | 881-890 |
| Publication date | 1986-10-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Medical Care (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0025-7079 • E-ISSN: 1537-1948 |
| Publisher | Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1097/00005650-198610000-00002 |
| PMID | 2876132 |
| OpenAlex | W2041771698 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 11 |
A national cohort of 44 rural satellite health centers originally staffed by nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs) was studied in 1975 and resurveyed in 1979 and in 1984 to examine the viability of this type of health-care delivery organization during a period of significant growth in the nation's physician supply. Twelve of these practices had ceased to function, although eight have been replaced by physician practices. Of the remaining 32, 14 have physicians on their staffs and 18 remain staffed only by NPs and PAs. Those centers staffed by physicians experience greater patient utilization, charge more for office visits, have larger budgets, and generate more of their budgets from fees for services and therefore appear to be more organizationally stable than centers staffed only by NPs and PAs. Although broader studies are needed for substantiation, these findings suggest that the period when NP/PA-staffed satellite health centers were important organizations for delivering care to previously underserved rural communities may be ending
Family medicine · Health care · Nurse practitioners · Physician assistants · Global Health Workforce Issues · Medicine · Nursing · Nursing Roles and Practices · Primary Care and Health Outcomes
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A Description of a Means of Improving Ambulatory Care in a Large Municipal Teaching Hospital
Prospects for Medical Group Practice Under Competition
The Distribution of Physician Extenders
The Role of New Health Practitioners in a Prepaid Group Practice
Nurse Practitioners in a Jailhouse Clinic
| Citations per year | 0.08 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1990 - 1997 (8) |
| Highly cited | No |