Systematic review of whether nurse practitioners working in primary care can provide equivalent care to doctors.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine whether nurse practitioners can provide care at first point of contact equivalent to doctors in a primary care setting.

Design

Systematic review of randomised controlled trials and prospective observational studies.

Data sources

Cochrane controlled trials register, specialist register of trials maintained by Cochrane Effective Practice and Organisation of Care Group, Medline, Embase, CINAHL, science citation index, database of abstracts of reviews of effectiveness, national research register, hand searches, and published bibliographies.

Included studies

Randomised controlled trials and prospective observational studies comparing nurse practitioners and doctors providing care at first point of contact for patients with undifferentiated hea

SUBMITTER: Horrocks S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC100791 | biostudies-literature | 2002 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature