Evaluation of the Dermatology Physician Assistant Workforce in the US

The physician assistant (PA) profession was created in the 1960s to address the primary care physician shortage, and PAs now practice in nearly every US field of medicine. Previous studies examining the number of PAs employed within dermatology relied on imprecise measures, such as professional soci...

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Veröffentlicht in:Archives of dermatology (1960) 2022-06, Vol.158 (6), p.693-695
Hauptverfasser: Arnold, Justin D, Puckett, Kasey, Jeffery, Colette, Kozikowski, Andrzej
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:The physician assistant (PA) profession was created in the 1960s to address the primary care physician shortage, and PAs now practice in nearly every US field of medicine. Previous studies examining the number of PAs employed within dermatology relied on imprecise measures, such as professional society membership or Medicare billing for dermatologic procedures. We sought to better characterize the dermatology PA workforce.
ISSN:2168-6068
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DOI:10.1001/jamadermatol.2022.1026