At the same time the Medicare population is growing, the number of family practice physicians and the number of procedures they perform are decreasing, according to a"The reasons might represent a changing scope of family practice, increasing referrals, shifting tasks to and , or some combination," wrote the authors, led by Robert McKenna, DMSc, MPH, PA-C, with Marshall B. Ketchum University, Fullerton, California .
Concurrently, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics reported a 7% decrease in clinically active FPs from 2013 to 2022; 100,940 FPs were employed clinically in 2022. The Association of American Medical Colleges estimates a shortage of 17,800-48,000 primary care physicians by 2034. The reasons for the decrease in procedures need further study, the authors said. From 2010 to 2020, there was ain the employment of PAs and NPs, respectively, across all specialties, many employed in primary care. And 42% and 56% of family physicians reported working with PAs and NPs, respectively, from 2014 to 2018, according to the paper.
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