More physician assistants are heading into specialty care over primary care, based on Durham, N.C.-based Duke Health research, according to Medical Xpress.
Medical Care Research and Review published the study in February.
Here are five observations:
1. The study found specialty care lines are heavily recruiting PAs.
2. Of PA job postings in 2014, 82 percent offered specialty positions.
3. In 2014, about 75 percent of 100,000 PA jobs were in specialty care fields.
4. Some saw PAs as the solution to the nation's primary care physician shortage trend, so, this new study raised concerns.
5. The researchers concluded a proportionately larger number of jobs exist in the specialty fields compared to primary care. That statistic combined with higher salaries in specialty fields drives more PAs to specialty positions.
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