Assessing the productivity of PAs and NPs

Theodore Stefos1, Eileen A Moran, Stacy A Poe

  • 1Theodore Stefos was an economist in the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and an assistant professor in Boston University's School of Public Health in Boston, Mass. In the VA's Office of Productivity, Efficiency, and Staffing in West Haven, Conn., Eileen A. Moran is director, and Stacy A. Poe is a program analyst. Roderick S. Hooker is a health policy analyst. The authors have disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.

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