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60. The Doctor Is Out. The Physician Assistant Is In.

Freakonomics, M.D.

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Nurse Practitioners or Physician Assistants?

Bapu: Could the availability of trainees in a hospital on any given day tell us something about their effect on patient care? He says PAs and MPs are more nimble in changing to emerging health workforce needs because we don't specialize. Next week, Bapu will look at how colonoscopy could be used as a screening tool for colorectal cancer.

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