NURSE/DOCTOR DUTIES STUDY
May 1st, 2005
BY MONICA DOBIEAN IN-DEPTH world analysis has concluded that although nurses taking on doctors' duties provide a high quality care, they may neither save health care costs nor reduce a doctor's workload.The assessment for the UK-based Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews probed 16 studies involving more than 25,000 patients in Britain, the United States and Canada."The findings may be considered controversial by health care professionals and policymakers, as there is a widely held belief that nurses can save physicians' time and reduce costs," said lead ...
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