ReviewHealth & social care in the community2012
The contributions of physician assistants in primary care systems.
Review in Health & social care in the community, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
32 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Contribution of physician assistants/associates to secondary care: a systematic review.BMJ open · 2018Pooled it
- The contribution of physician assistants in primary care: a systematic review.BMC health services research · 2013Pooled it
- More Than a Role Dispute: Physician Associates and the Changing Grounds of Medical Authority.Sociology of health & illness · 2026Article
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- Curriculum to career: A qualitative study of pathologists' assistant graduates' experiences.Anatomical sciences education · 2026Article
- Prevalence and predictors of prescribing errors in a primary care setting in Ghana.Therapeutic advances in drug safety · 2026Article
- Overview of barriers to healthcare access: Medical deserts and individual sandboxes.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2025Review
- Comprehensiveness in Primary Care: A Scoping Review.The Milbank quarterly · 2025Article
- Providing care in underresourced areas: contribution of the physician assistant/associate workforce.BMC health services research · 2024Article
- Barriers and strategies for primary health care workforce development: synthesis of evidence.BMC primary care · 2024Review
- Provision of evaluation and management visits by nurse practitioners and physician assistants in the USA from 2013 to 2019: cross-sectional time series study.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2023Article
- Physician ratings of physician assistant competencies and their experiences and satisfaction working with physician assistants: Results from the supervising physician survey in Ontario, Canada.Healthcare management forum · 2023Article
- Patient Experience With Primary Care Physician Assistants in Ontario, Canada: Impact of Trust, Knowledge, and Access to Care.Journal of patient experience · 2023Article
- Preparing physician associates to prescribe: evidence, educational frameworks and pathways.Future healthcare journal · 2022Article
- Physician associates: an asset for physician training and a 21st-century NHS?Future healthcare journal · 2020Article
- Career regret: an analysis of physician assistants.MedEdPublish (2016) · 2019Article
- Offering patients a choice for colorectal cancer screening: a quality improvement pilot study in a quality circle of primary care physicians.BMJ open quality · 2019Article
- Curriculum and training needs of mid-level health workers in Africa: a situational review from Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa and Uganda.BMC health services research · 2018Article
- Visits for Depression to Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners in the USA.The journal of behavioral health services & research · 2018Article
- Factors influencing decision of general practitioners and managers to train and employ a nurse practitioner or physician assistant in primary care: a qualitative study.BMC family practice · 2017Article
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Abstract
Shortages of primary care doctors are occurring globally; one means of meeting this demand has been the use of physician assistants (PAs). Introduced in the United States in the late 1960s to address doctor shortages, the PA movement has grown to over 75,000 providers in 2011 and spread to Australia, Canada, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Germany, Ghana and South Africa. A purposeful literature review was undertaken to assess the contribution of PAs to primary care systems. Contemporary studies suggest that PAs can contribute to the successful attainment of primary care functions, particularly the provision of comprehensive care, accessibility and accountability. Employing PAs seems a reasonable strategy for providing primary care for diverse populations.
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