A Medicus Firm report found physician assistant are high up on the list on the healthcare's demand scale, according to Forbes.
Medicus Firm is a national physician staff and placement firm.
Here are four takeaways:
1. The report found the demand for PAs outweighed that of specialist physicians in 2015.
2. The three most-placed providers were family medicine, internal medicine and hospitals.
3. PAs ranked fourth among the most-placed providers.
4. In 2015, PAs surpassed pediatrics for fourth place despite not placing in the top five the year prior.
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