Trends in the supply of physician assistants and nurse practitioners in the United States.
Trends in the supply of physician assistants and nurse practitioners in the United States.
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美国医师助理和执业护士的供应趋势。
作者：
R. Hooker;L. E. Berlin
在2001年，估计有103，612名执业护士（NPs）和医师助理（PA）在美国从事临床工作。PA和NP在提供可比医生服务方面的作用相似;它们的不同之处在于NP主要用于初级保健，而PA则分为初级保健和专科保健。PA和NP教育过程在学生群体和产出趋势方面也有所不同。2001年毕业生总数为11 585人。然而，每年NP毕业生的数量正在下降，而PA毕业生的数量正在增加。这些观察结果对未来他们看到的患者类型和他们提供的医疗保健服务程度有影响。
In 2001 an estimated 103,612 nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs) were in clinical employment in the United States. The roles of PAs and NPs in providing comparable physician services are similar; they differ in that NPs are predominantly in primary care, while PAs are divided between primary and specialty care. PA and NP education processes also differ in the student pool and trends in the output. The combined number of graduates totaled 11,585 in 2001. However, the annual number of NP graduates is declining, while the number of PA graduates is increasing. These observations have implications for the future in the types of patients they see and the degree of health care services they provide.