Are Dutch patients willing to be seen by a physician assistant instead of a medical doctor?
Background: The employment of physician assistants (PAs) is a strategy to improve access to care. Since the new millennium, a handful of countries have turned to PAs as a means to bridge the growing gap between the supply and demand of medical services. However, little is known about this new workforce entity from the patient's perspective. The objective of this study was to assess the willingness of Dutch patients to be treated by a PA or a medical doctor (MD) under various time constraints and semi-urgent medical scenarios. Methods: A total of 450 Dutch adults were recruited to act as surrog... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2012 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Kuilman , L , Nieweg , R M B , van der Schans , C P , Strijbos , J H & Hooker , R S 2012 , ' Are Dutch patients willing to be seen by a physician assistant instead of a medical doctor? ' , Human Resources for Health , vol. 10 , 28 . https://doi.org/10.1186/1478-4491-10-28 |
Schlagwörter: | Physician assistants / Trade-off / Willingness / ACCEPTANCE |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-29028411 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://hdl.handle.net/11370/9d573ea0-8c17-4090-82ab-9d4186a229d8 |