State variation in use of physician assistants and nurse practitioners among primary care physician offices, United States 2012

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• Alternative Title:
  JAAPA
• Personal Author:
  Hing, Esther ; Hsiao, Chun-Ju
• Description:
  Examine availability of physician assistants (PAs) or nurse practitioners (NPs) in primary care physician practices by state and by state PA and NP scope-of-practice laws.|Availability of PAs and NPs in primary care practices was examined in multivariate analysis using a 2012 state-based, nationally representative survey of office-based physicians. Covariates included practice characteristics, state, and in a separate model, PA and NP scope-of-practice variables.|After controlling for practice characteristics, higher use of PAs and NPs was found in three states (Minnesota, Montana, and South Dakota). In a separate model, higher use of PAs or NPs was associated with favorable PA scope-of-practice laws, but not with NP scope-of-practice laws.|Higher availability of PAs or NPs was associated with favorable PA scope-of-practice laws. Lack of association between PA or NP availability and NP scope-of-practice laws requires further investigation.
• Subjects:
  Humans Nurse Practitioners Physician Assistants Primary Health Care Professional Practice Location United States Workforce
• Source:
  JAAPA. 28(9):46-53
• Pubmed ID:
  26302324
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC7485128
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  28
• Issue:
  9
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:5a0a3fad3e712fb66ac8b3f9f8447d0c8ddd008e02b48a5ae06d1d8ecfa19eba
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/93514/cdc_93514_DS1.pdf
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