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ArticleCanadian journal of surgery. Journal canadien de chirurgie2018

Physician extenders on surgical services: the need for a systems perspective.

Heather Smith, Craig Kuziemsky, Caitlin Champion

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Article in Canadian journal of surgery. Journal canadien de chirurgie, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Heather SmithFrom the Department of General Surgery, the Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ont. (Smith, Champion); and the Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont. (Kuziemsky).
Craig KuziemskyFrom the Department of General Surgery, the Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ont. (Smith, Champion); and the Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont. (Kuziemsky).
Caitlin ChampionFrom the Department of General Surgery, the Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ont. (Smith, Champion); and the Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont. (Kuziemsky).

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

summaryAdding physician extenders (PEs) to surgical teams has the potential to affect care delivery in multiple ways. To develop evidence-based recommendations on integrating PEs into surgical teams, we must recognize that patient care is a complex, adaptive system and requires a health systems perspective to understand how changes will affect outcomes. It is the best method of assessing the system adaptations and trade-offs of adding PEs prior to implementation. Such work would help to optimize research and management of limited health care resources.

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Health Services ResearchNurse PractitionersOutcome and Process Assessment, Health CarePhysician AssistantsSurgical Procedures, OperativeHumans

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PMID29582740
PMCPMC5866139

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