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Nurse practitioners in Swiss family practices as potentially autonomous providers of home visits: an exploratory study of two cases

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2021
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Gysin, S., Bischofberger, I., Meier, R., van Vught, A., Merlo, C., & Essig, S. (2021). Nurse practitioners in Swiss family practices as potentially autonomous providers of home visits: an exploratory study of two cases. Home Health Care Management & Practice, 33(1), 8–13. https://doi.org/10.1177/1084822320946289

Abstract

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Abstract

In Swiss primary care, general practitioner (GP) home visits have decreased due to impending GP shortages particularly in rural areas. Nurse practitioners (NP) are newly introduced in family practices and could potentially offer home visits to the increasing number of multimorbid elderly. We analysed consultation data from two pilot projects (Practice A and Practice B) with the goal to measure the frequency and patient characteristics of NP consultations both in the practice and on home visits, and to determine the NPs’ autonomy based

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  • Gysin, Stefan
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  • Bischofberger, Iren
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  • Meier, Rahel
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  • van Vught, Anneke
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  • Merlo, Christoph
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  • Essig, Stefan
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33

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1

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8

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13

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Keywords

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Community and Home Care, Leadership and Management

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English

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2021-02-01

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2020-09-09

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1552-6739

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Gysin, S., Bischofberger, I., Meier, R., van Vught, A., Merlo, C., & Essig, S. (2021). Nurse practitioners in Swiss family practices as potentially autonomous providers of home visits: an exploratory study of two cases. Home Health Care Management & Practice, 33(1), 8–13. https://doi.org/10.1177/1084822320946289

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