Critical care medicine
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Critical care medicine · May 2019
Meta AnalysisImpact of the Advanced Practice Provider in Adult Critical Care: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
To evaluate the effects on quality and efficiency of implementation of the advanced practice provider in critical care. ⋯ This review and meta-analysis shows no differences between acute care given by advanced practice providers compared with physician resident/fellows measured as length of stay or mortality. However, advanced practice providers might add value to care in several other ways, but this needs further study.