Quality and Cost of Inpatient Nurse Practitioner-Led Care
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Jordan Harrison, PhD, RN
CO-INVESTIGATORS: Matthew D. McHugh, PhD, JD, MPH; Barbara Todd, DNP, MS; Rebecca Lynn Trotta, PhD, MSN
 

Jordan Harrison

A natural occurring hospital experiment makes this study possible. Patients on the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP) hematology-oncology unit are assigned, based on availability, to either nurse practitioner-led care or the usual house staff service (resident/attending teams). The study will compare outcomes, cost, and value (evaluated as the ratio of each outcome by cost) for patients under each model of care. The project goal is to determine whether there is an outcome, cost, and value advantage for patients cared for under an NP-led service versus usual house staff care; and whether clinical subgroups exist for which any outcome, cost, and value benefit is more pronounced for NP-led care.