Low-Value Back Imaging in the Care of Medicare Beneficiaries: A Comparison of Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants.
Medicare
imaging
low-value
nurse practitioner
physician assistant
Journal
Medical care research and review : MCRR
ISSN: 1552-6801
Titre abrégé: Med Care Res Rev
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9506850
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
06 2021
06 2021
Historique:
pubmed:
25
9
2019
medline:
18
9
2021
entrez:
25
9
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Little is known about practice pattern differences between nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs). We compared the rates of low-value back images ordered by NPs and PAs. For this comparison, we used 2012-2013 Medicare Part B claims for all beneficiaries in 18 hospital referral regions and a measure of low-value back imaging from the Choosing Wisely recommendations. Models included a random clinician effect and fixed effects for beneficiary age, disability, Elixhauser comorbidities, clinician type, the emergency department setting, and region. NPs (
Identifiants
pubmed: 31549583
doi: 10.1177/1077558719877796
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM