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Evolution of a PA Program in the Oregon Kaiser-Permanente System: Policies, Practice Patterns, and Quality of Care |
Author |
Record, Jane Cassels; O'Bannon, Joan; Blomquist, Robert; Berger, Benjamin |
Publisher |
Kaiser Foundation Health Services Research Center |
Summary |
Presented at the 4th Annual Conference on New Health Practitioners (later known as the AAPA annual conference) held in Atlanta, GA. The paper was supported by Division of Medicine, Bureau of Health Manpower, DHEW Precis: The purposes of this paper are to describe the way in which the Kaiser-Permanente (K-P) system's policies regarding physician's assistants have evolved, to analyze the physician's supervisory function, to examine past and present practice patterns of PAs, and to present some preliminary data on the quality of PA services. We begin with a background statement about the system, the institutional environment in which the PA practices, and relation of this paper to ongoing studies of PAs. |
Published Date |
1976 |
Search Terms |
Kaiser Permanente PA Supply and Distribution PA Training PA Utilization Physician Assistant Research Physician Assistant Training Physician Assistant Utilization Physician Associate Research Physician Associate Training Physician Associate Utilization |
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