Factors Associated with the Use of Advanced Practice Nurses/Physician Assistants in a Fee-for-Service Nursing Home Practice: A Comparison with Primary Care Physicians

The purpose of this research was to examine factors associated with the use of advanced practice nurse and physician assistant (APN/PA) visits to nursing home (NH) patients compared with those by primary care physicians (PCPs). This was a secondary analysis using Medicare claims data. General estimation equations were used to determine the odds of NH residents receiving APN/PA visits. Ordinary least squares analyses were used to examine factors...