Studies of the effectiveness of paramedical personnel usage in medical care delivery
By: by William C. Giaque, C. Brooklyn Derr, Carson K. Eoyang and Reuben T. Harris
Contributors: Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
Publisher: Naval Postgraduate School
Published: 1977
Place of publication: Monterey, California
Language: eng
Number of pages: 160
Subjects: Medical care; Armed Forces; Nurse practitioners; Evaluation; Physicians' assistants
Description: The United States as a whole is currently undergoing a crisis in medical care, primarily in terms of costs and capacity. One approach to solving these problems is to use paramedical personnel as part of an integrated delivery system, but in doing so one is likely to meet with behavioral and organizational obstacles. In this research, the degree to which different categories of medical and paramedical professionals are used in various organizations is measured and organizational factors leading to successful utilization identified. The study concentrates on medical systems within the United States armed forces, as these are systems relying extensively on paraprofessionals, where problems in utilization have been noted. Specifically the study determines those tasks currently performed by various paraprofessionals and compares this task list with perceived abilities, as determined by the paraprofessionals themselves, by their medical co-workers, and those persons who train the paraprofessionals.
Notes: Title from cover.

"Prepared for: Office of Secretary of Defense, Manpower and Reserve Affairs"--Cover.

"November 1977"--Cover.

"NPS-54-78-1"--Cover.

DTIC Identifiers: Physician assistants.

Author(s) key words: Health care, medical care, physician's assistant, nurse practioner.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 154-160).

"Approved for public release; distribution unlimited"--Cover.

Technical report; 1977.

kmc/kmc 9/21/09.