Does the addition of advanced practice providers improve surgical outcomes and access in single-specialty surgical groups?
The integration of advanced practice providers in single-specialty surgical groups is associated with improved surgical outcomes and access.
The addition of advanced practice providers to single-specialty surgical groups is associated with improvements in surgical outcomes and access. Future work should clarify the mechanisms by which advanced practice providers within surgical practices contribute to health outcomes to identify best practices for deployment.
Hollenbeck et al. (Wed,) studied this question.