Patient Engagement September 17, 2018
NPs and PAs have potential to fill primary care physician care gaps. When scope of practice is expanded, non-physician clinicians can address patient care access.
The healthcare industry is facing a primary care physician shortage that threatens patient access to care in coming years. Leaning on non-physician clinicians such as nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs) could reduce the enormity of that problem, according to a recent report from the United Health Group.
Currently, 13 percent of US patients live in a county with a primary care shortage, defined as having less than one primary care physician (PCP) per 2,000 patients.
The primary care shortage impacts both rural and urban areas, although its effects are more concentrated in rural...
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