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Review: nurse practitioner primary care improves patient satisfaction and quality of care with no difference in health outcomes

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebn.5.4.121

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    Horrocks S, Anderson E, Salisbury C.Systematic review of whether nurse practitioners working in primary care can provide equivalent care to doctors.BMJ2002 Apr 6;324:819–23OpenUrlAbstract/FREE Full Text

    QUESTION: Do nurse practitioners (NPs) provide equivalent primary care at first point of contact to patients with undifferentiated health problems when compared with physicians?

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    Published and unpublished studies were identified by searching Medline (1966–2001), EMBASE/Excerpta Medica (1980–2001), CINAHL (1982–2001), Science Citation Index, Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness, National Research Register, Cochrane Controlled Trials Register, and the Cochrane Effective Practice and Organisation of Care Group specialist register; contacting authors of included studies, NP organisations, and educational training centres; and handsearching recent relevant journals, bibliographies, and reference lists.

    Study selection

    Studies in any language were selected if they were randomised controlled trials (RCTs) or prospective observational studies from developed countries that compared NPs and physicians working in the same way as concurrent controls; nurses provided care at first point of contact, made an initial assessment, and managed patients …

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    • Source of funding: South and West Research and Development Directorate.

    • For correspondence: Dr C Salisbury, Division of Primary Health Care, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK. c.salisbury{at}bristol.ac.uk