The impact of substituting general practitioners with nurse practitioners on resource use, production and health-care costs during out-of-hours: a quasi-experimental study

Mieke Van Der Biezen; Eddy Adang; Regi Van Der Burgt; Michel Wensing; Miranda Laurant

doi:10.1186/s12875-016-0528-6

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The impact of substituting general practitioners with nurse practitioners on resource use, production and health-care costs during out-of-hours: a quasi-experimental study

Mieke Van Der Biezen

Eddy Adang Regi Van Der Burgt Michel Wensing

Miranda Laurant

BMC Family Practice Vol. 17 No. 1 · Springer Science and Business Media LLC

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Mieke Van Der Biezen, Eddy Adang, Regi Van Der Burgt, et al. (2016). The impact of substituting general practitioners with nurse practitioners on resource use, production and health-care costs during out-of-hours: a quasi-experimental study. BMC Family Practice, 17(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-016-0528-6

The impact of substituting general practitioners with nurse practitioners on resource use, production and health-care costs during out-of-hours: a quasi-experimental study

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