The Impact of Nurse Practitioner-Led Primary Care on Quality and Cost for Medicaid-Enrolled Patients in States With Pay Parity

• Main Authors: Jordan M. Harrison PhD (Author), Ashley M. Kranz PhD (Author), Annie Yu-An Chen DDS, MS (Author), Harry H. Liu PhD (Author), Grant R. Martsolf PhD (Author), Catherine C. Cohen PhD (Author), Michael Dworsky PhD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2023-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Studies have established that nurse practitioners (NPs) deliver primary care comparable to physicians in quality and cost, but most focus on Medicare, a program that reimburses NPs less than physicians. In this retrospective cohort study, we evaluated the quality and cost implications of receiving p...