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Article - Expanded roles for nurse practitioners and physician assistants

Posted about 10 years ago by Janiece Smith

Expanded roles for nurse practitioners and physician assistants could ease the manpower void, experts say. CINCINNATI -- Waiting weeks to see a doctor. Scrambling to find one. Foregoing care altogether. Is this our future? America already doesn't have enough doctors, with a shortage of 45,000 for...

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/02/08/conquering-the-doctor-shortage/5307965/