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The Employment of Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants in U.S. Nursing Homes

January 1, 2005 | Journal Article

Nursing home facilities that employ nursing practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs) make a significant investment in quality of care for their residents. In 2001, there were approximately 65,000 NPs in the United States but only 10 percen ...

Nursing Home Residents Fare Better with a Dedicated Team of Medical Practitioners

January 1, 2002 | Program Result Report

A project team at the University of California, Los Angeles, School of Medicine, studied the long-term care being provided to nursing home residents using different models of HMO primary care.