Physician assistant and nurse practitioner workforce trends.(Graham Center One-Pager)

Publication: American Family Physician

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The physician assistant (PA) and nurse practitioner (NP) workforces have realized explosive growth, but this rate of growth may be declining. Most PAs work outside primary care; however, the contributions of PAs and NPs to primary care and interdisciplinary teams should not be neglected.

Approximately 50,000 PAs and 115,000 NPs worked in clinical practice in the United States in 2004. PA and NP workforces exploded during the past 15 years and there are now, collectively, more NPs...

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