Sen. Coburn is almost always spot on when it comes to public policy issues. But few doctors really understand and support competition among physicians. Of course a nurse practitioner or a physicians’ assistant doesn’t have the knowledge of a primary care physician. But, most conditions patients experience don’t require the knowledge of a medical doctor. I suspect that requiring NPs and PAs to work for doctors likely doesn’t improve the quality of care patients receive from mid-level providers. But it probably does boost physician income at the expense of mid-level providers. More importantly, it probably reduces the supply of mid-level providers because they profit less from their own activities.
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Sen. Coburn is almost always spot on when it comes to public policy issues. But few doctors really understand and support competition among physicians. Of course a nurse practitioner or a physicians’ assistant doesn’t have the knowledge of a primary care physician. But, most conditions patients experience don’t require the knowledge of a medical doctor. I suspect that requiring NPs and PAs to work for doctors likely doesn’t improve the quality of care patients receive from mid-level providers. But it probably does boost physician income at the expense of mid-level providers. More importantly, it probably reduces the supply of mid-level providers because they profit less from their own activities.
How many times is google going to get in trouble for this? its absurd.