title: Nurse practitioners: the American experience.
abstract: Nurse practitioners have been used in the USA for 30 years and have been shown to provide better and more cost-effective care than doctors in primary care settings. Consequently, they are a powerful vehicle for professional change in the current cost-cutting health-care reforms. This article examines the American experience.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Winson
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fox
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003479:Curriculum; D006801:Humans; D007587:Job Description; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D014481:United States