TY - JOUR
AU - M. D. Naylor
AU - E. T. Kurtzman
A1 - 
AB - 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 workforce, and we summarize the available evidence of their contributions to improving primary care and reducing more costly health resource use. We recommend that nurse practice acts--the state laws governing how nurses may practice--be standardized, that equivalent reimbursement be paid for comparable services regardless of practitioner, and that performance results be publicly reported to maximize the high-quality care that nurse practitioners provide.
BT - Health affairs (Project Hope)
C5 - Education & Workforce
CP - 5
CY - United States
DO - 10.1377/hlthaff.2010.0440
IS - 5
JF - Health affairs (Project Hope)
N2 - 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 workforce, and we summarize the available evidence of their contributions to improving primary care and reducing more costly health resource use. We recommend that nurse practice acts--the state laws governing how nurses may practice--be standardized, that equivalent reimbursement be paid for comparable services regardless of practitioner, and that performance results be publicly reported to maximize the high-quality care that nurse practitioners provide.
PP - United States
PY - 2010
SN - 1544-5208; 0278-2715
SP - 893
EP - 899
EP - 
T1 - The role of nurse practitioners in reinventing primary care
T2 - Health affairs (Project Hope)
TI - The role of nurse practitioners in reinventing primary care
U1 - Education & Workforce
U2 - 20439877
U3 - 10.1377/hlthaff.2010.0440
VL - 29
VO - 1544-5208; 0278-2715
Y1 - 2010
ER -