Becker's Healthcare September 14, 2023
Over a 6-year period 25 percent of U.S. health visits were conducted by a non-physician, according to Harvard Medical School researchers.
Advanced care delivered by nurse practitioner and physician assistant roles first emerged in the 1960s, and now in 2023, nurse practitioner is the fastest growing career nationwide, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Physician assistants also landed on the list of the nation’s fastest growing careers, taking the 17th spot.
For the study, which was published Sept. 14 in the British Medical Journal, researchers analyzed data from 276 million patient visits between 2013 and 2019 and found that during this time frame, there was an 89 percent increase in visits conducted by nurse practitioners and a...
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