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New England Journal of Medicine

Nurse practitioners and physician assistants are providing an increasing share of health care services, and education programs have proliferated. These dynamics will have lasting effects on the health care workforce and on relationships among health professionals.

Growing Ranks of Advanced Practice Clinicians — Implications for the Physician Workforce