Journal article
Potential savings from the adoption of nurse practitioner technology in the Canadian health care system†
Abstract
An investigation is reported of the potential for reducing aggregate medical costs by the introduction of nurse practitioners into the Canadian health care system to an extent consistent with demonstrated safety and effectiveness. A cost model is developed for this purpose and estimates of its parameters are provided. The cost model is coupled with a demographic projection model and potential cost reductions are simulated over the period …
Authors
Denton FT; Gafni A; Spencer BG; Stoddart GL
Journal
Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Vol. 17, No. 4, pp. 199–209
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
1 1983
DOI
10.1016/0038-0121(83)90021-6
ISSN
0038-0121