Unlocking Potential: Exploring Physician Assistant Funding Models and Impact Potential for Three Practice Settings

Unlocking Potential: Exploring Physician Assistant Funding Models and Impact Potential for Three Practice Settings

Health
Pages:27 pages35 min read

Author: The Conference Board of Canada

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Further integrating physician assistants into certain Canadian medical practice settings under an employer-remuneration funding model has the potential to increase services for patients, save time for physicians, and reduce public health system costs.

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In this research we look at how physician assistants can help the current health human resource challenges faced by Canadian healthcare systems. We explore funding models to broadly integrate PAs into three practice settings: primary care, emergency care, and orthopedic surgery.

How can a team-based model of care improve practice efficiency? What are the challenges to integrating physician assistants into Canadian health teams? What physician assistant funding model holds the greatest potential for the Canadian healthcare systems?

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Key findings
Physician assistants in Canada
PA implementation across practice settings
Appendix A—Supporting tables
Appendix B—Methodology
Appendix C—Bibliography

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