The contribution of physician assistants in primary care: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Primary care provision is important in the delivery of health care but many countries face primary care workforce challenges. Increasing demand, enlarged workloads, and current and anticipated physician shortages in many countries have led to the introduction of mid-level professionals, such as Physician Assistants (PAs).

Objective

This systematic review aimed to appraise the evidence of the contribution of PAs within primary care, defined for this study as general practice, relevant to the UK or similar systems.

Methods

Medline, CINAHL, PsycINFO, BNI, SSCI and SCOPUS databases were searched from 1950 to 2010.

Eligibility criteria

PAs with a recognised PA qualification, general practice/family medicine included and the findings relevant to it present

SUBMITTER: Halter M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3698179 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature