primary care provider (PCP)
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Notes
- use of low-value tests & treatments for patients with headache, upper respiratory tract infection or back pain was similar between advanced practice clinicians (nurse practitioners & physician assistants) & primary care physicians[1]
- inappropriate imaging ~5%, inappropriate antibiotics ~50%[1]
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Mafi JN et al. Comparing use of low-value health care services among U.S. advanced practice clinicians and physicians. Ann Intern Med 2016 Jun 21; PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27322541