title: Patients' perceptions of non-physician providers in primary care.
abstract: Patients in this study were most comfortable receiving primary care services from physicians trained in primary care specialties. There was, however, a racial difference in the comfort level of primary care being provided by non-physician providers with minority populations being more comfortable with non-physician providers. More research is needed to understand the role that non-physician providers play in the primary care delivery system in the United States.
authors.affiliation: MUSC Dept. of Family Medicine, 295 Calhoun St., PO Box 250192, Charleston, SC 29425-0192, USA.
authors.forename: Terrence E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Steyer
authors.forename: Endia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: Arch G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Mainous
mesh_terms: D026881:Acupuncture / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002684:Chiropractic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007388:Internal Medicine / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010361:Patients / Q000523:psychology*; D010595:Pharmacists / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D010821:Physicians, Family / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011320:Primary Health Care; D012938:Social Perception; D013022:South Carolina; D000078329:Workforce