Primary Care Practice Characteristics Associated With Medical Assistant Staffing Ratios

This study characterized adult primary care medical assistant (MA) staffing. National Survey of Healthcare Organizations and Systems (n = 1,252) data were analyzed to examine primary care practice characteristics associated with MA per primary care clinician (PCC) staffing ratios. In 2021, few pract...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Annals of family medicine 2024-05, Vol.22 (3), p.233-236
Hauptverfasser:	Rodriguez, Hector P, Berube, Alena D, Hung, Dorothy Y, Shortell, Stephen M, Fisher, Elliott S
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Analysis Beliefs, opinions and attitudes Employees Evaluation Family medicine Humans Management Organizational Culture Personnel Staffing and Scheduling Physician Assistants - statistics & numerical data Physician Assistants - supply & distribution Physicians' assistants Primary health care Primary Health Care - organization & administration Primary nursing Research Briefs Statistics Supply and demand United States Workforce
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Zusammenfassung:	This study characterized adult primary care medical assistant (MA) staffing. National Survey of Healthcare Organizations and Systems (n = 1,252) data were analyzed to examine primary care practice characteristics associated with MA per primary care clinician (PCC) staffing ratios. In 2021, few practices (11.4%) had ratios of 2 or more MAs per PCCs. Compared with system-owned practices, independent (odds ratio [OR] = 1.76,
ISSN:	1544-1709 1544-1717 1544-1717
DOI:	10.1370/afm.3100