title: More educated nurses prove cost-effective for the sickest patients.
abstract: Follow-up by advanced practice nurses--as opposed to traditionally trained RNs--is associated with better outcomes among cancer patients.
mesh_terms: D000359:Aftercare / Q000592:standards*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000592:standards*; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D004506:Education, Nursing; D006792:House Calls; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000451:nursing* / Q000601:surgery; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D015996:Survival Rate; D014481:United States