The study shows that NPs increase the cost of emergency care by $66 per patient. Increasing the number of NPs on duty also increases healthcare spending by $238 per case, not including paying NP salaries.
Assigning 25 percent of emergency cases to NPs costs $74 million annually for the Veterans Health Administration, according to the study.
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