At 18:18 14/08/1996 EDT, Dou J wrote:
>>Question:
>>How long will it be before there is a study showing that Nurse Practitioners
>>are cheaper, do less investigations,do less referrals and are prefered by
>>patients than the average GP?
>
>>Answer?
>
>A million years for a real study. Any moment now for an
>avalanche of spurious evidence.
>They will investigate more and refer more and prescribe more
>if given the chance because they will have more uncertainty.
>That will go for the good ones. The bad ones may do these less
>because of ignorance. There still needs to be a gatekeeper (us)
>if costs are to be kept down. As for patient preference....
>What was that, dear boy?
But once they have had the necessary training, etc for the RCN (and GP
magazine) not to wet their kinckers over clinical responsibility to keep the
Gross' off their back, they will be doctors anyway :-)
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