What is it about?
Care provided by physicians is compared with care provided by nurse practitioners and physician assistants. The importance of having a provider of the same gender, race and language is also examined.
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Why is it important?
The conventional wisdom emphasizes the importance of augmenting a limited workforce of primary care physicians by producing nurse and physician assistant extenders. That conventional wisdom also suggests that patients are more satisfied if they have a provider of the same gender, race, and mother tongue.
Perspectives
The article provides important information for policy addressing the shortage of primary care health providers.
Emeritus MMF Distinguished Professor of Health Policy William P. Brandon
University of North Carolina Charlotte
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This page is a summary of: Physicians, Physician Extenders and Health Outcomes: Race, Gender and Patient-Health Provider Concordance in North Carolina Medicaid, Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, January 2018, Project Muse,
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2018.0035.
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