TY - JOUR
T1 - The contribution of physician assistants in primary care
T2 - a systematic review
AU - Halter, Mary
AU - Drennan, Vari
AU - Chattopadhyay, Kaushik
AU - Carneiro, Wilfred
AU - Yiallouros, Jennifer
AU - De Lusignan, Simon
AU - Gage, Heather
AU - Gabe, Jonathan
AU - Grant, Robert
N1 - Note: This project was funded by the National Institute for Health Services and Delivery Research programme (project number 09-1801-1006).
PY - 2013/6/18
Y1 - 2013/6/18
N2 - The research evidence of the contribution of PAs to primary care was mixed and limited. However, the continued growth in employment of PAs in American primary care suggests that this professional group is judged to be of value by increasing numbers of employers. Further specific studies are needed to fill in the gaps in our knowledge about the effectiveness of PAs' contribution to the international primary care workforce.
AB - The research evidence of the contribution of PAs to primary care was mixed and limited. However, the continued growth in employment of PAs in American primary care suggests that this professional group is judged to be of value by increasing numbers of employers. Further specific studies are needed to fill in the gaps in our knowledge about the effectiveness of PAs' contribution to the international primary care workforce.
KW - Health services research
UR - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23773235
U2 - 10.1186/1472-6963-13-223
DO - 10.1186/1472-6963-13-223
M3 - Article
C2 - 23773235
SN - 1472-6963
VL - 13
JO - BMC Health Services Research
JF - BMC Health Services Research
M1 - 223
ER -