Open AccessPrimary care workforce paradox
Author(s) -
Ryan M. White,
David Keahey,
Morgan Luck,
Richard W. Dehn
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of the american academy of physician assistants
Language(s) - Romanian
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24
H-Index - 17
ISSN - 0893-7400
DOI - 10.1097/01.jaa.0000791476.25727.d9
Subject(s) - workforce , primary care , economic shortage , productivity , physician assistants , medicine , family medicine , health care , business , nurse practitioners , political science , economics , linguistics , philosophy , government (linguistics) , law , macroeconomics
Primary care workforce projections continue to predict significant physician shortages. An oversupply of primary care physician assistants (PAs) and NPs also is predicted. This paradox calls into question the assumptions that underlie workforce projection models, which likely underestimate the primary care contributions of PAs and NPs.