Physician Practice Characteristics Influencing Nurse Practitioner and Physician Assistant Care in Nursing Homes: A Scoping Review

Physicians, nurse practitioners (NPs), and physician assistants (PAs) are key to the effective delivery of medical care in nursing homes (NHs). Although several studies have reported on the relationship between the care delivered by a given discipline and specific clinical outcomes, the mediating effect of physician practice characteristics is unknown. A scoping review was conducted to determine whether studies examining the impact of NP and PA care in NHs have accounted for both the collaborative relationship between themselves and physicians as well as physician practice size and type.