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Accountable care drives demand for NPs, PAs

With physician shortages widespread and pressure to create teams to deliver more accountable care, demand for nurse practitioners and physician assistants is growing rapidly. According to the

Study: Patients prefer NPs over physicians

Patients indicated they are more satisfied with nurse practitioners' care than with doctors', according to a small survey conducted researchers at the University of Michigan. NPs outscored physicians

How my search for a doctor ended with visits to nurse practitioners

Several years ago, after a close relative was diagnosed with two kinds of cancer over the course of two years, I decided it was high time to find a primary-care doctor. My odyssey might give you an