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Nurse Practitioners: A Solution to America's Primary Care Crisis

Description
Examines trends in supply and demand of nurse practitioners (NPs), including projected supply of physicians and NPs in rural areas. Includes a table listing state-level scope-of-practice regulatory restrictions on NPs as of 2018.
Author(s)
Peter Buerhaus
Date
09/2018
Type
Document
Organization
American Enterprise Institute
Tagged as
Access · Health workforce supply and demand · Legislation and regulations · Licensure and certification of health professionals · Nurse practitioners and other advanced practice registered nurses · Primary care · Scope of practice · State-by-state