Providing Care in Underresourced Areas: Contribution of the Physician Assistant/Associate Workforce

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Analyzes the prevalence of physician assistants/associates (PAs) working in Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) or Medically Underserved Areas (MUAs). Utilizes 2022 data to examine PA work location, with further breakdowns according to PA demographics, education and specialty, and geographic location of urban versus rural/isolated.

Mirela Bruza-Augatis, Bettie Coplan, Kasey Puckett, Andrzej Kozikowski

BMC Health Services Research, 24, 844

07/2024

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Health workforce shortage designations · Health workforce supply and demand · Physician assistants · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data