Role of Nurse Practitioners in Caring for Patients With Complex Health Needs.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The objective of this study was to estimate trends in the percentage of Medicare beneficiaries cared for by nurse practitioners from 2012 to 2017, to characterize beneficiaries cared for by nurse practitioners in 2017, and to examine how the percentage of beneficiaries cared for by nurse practitioners varies by practice characteristics.

Design

An observational study of 2012-2017 Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries' ambulatory visits. We computed the percentage of beneficiaries with 1 or more ambulatory visits from nurse practitioners and the percentage of beneficiaries receiving the plurality of their ambulatory visits from a nurse practitioner versus a physician (ie, predominant provider). We compared beneficiary demographics, clinical characteristics, and util

SUBMITTER: Fraze TK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7552908 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature