Anesthesiologist Direction and Patient Outcomes
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Anesthesiologist direction and patient outcomes.
The relationship between physicians and nurses in the delivery of anesthesia care is politically and financially charged, and hotly debated. Against this backdrop, federal regulators have proposed dropping a Medicare requirement that nurse anesthetists be supervised by a physician. Proponents note that the new regulations would resolve inconsistencies between Medicare supervisory requirements a...
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عنوان ژورنال: Anesthesiology
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0003-3022
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200007000-00026