Using NAMCS and NHAMCS to Examine Health Care by U.S. Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners

Affiliations

¹ Deputy Director of the Division of Health Care Statistics at the National Center for Health Statistics, Hyattsville, MD; Professorial Lecturer at George Washington University, Milken Institute School of Public Health, Washington, DC.

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Denys T Lau. JAAPA. 2017 Feb.

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¹ Deputy Director of the Division of Health Care Statistics at the National Center for Health Statistics, Hyattsville, MD; Professorial Lecturer at George Washington University, Milken Institute School of Public Health, Washington, DC.

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The author has disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.

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