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Most primary care practices lack sufficient medical assistant (MA) staffing. In 2021, only 11.4% of practices had 2+ MAs per primary care clinician (PCC), with independent and group-owned practices showing higher ratios.

Keywords:

health care systems health workforce organizational culture ownership primary health care

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Area of Science:

Health Services Research
Primary Care Workforce Analysis
Medical Assistant Staffing Models

Background:

Optimizing staffing ratios is crucial for efficient primary care delivery.
Understanding factors influencing medical assistant (MA) per primary care clinician (PCC) ratios is essential for practice management.
Previous characterizations of MA staffing levels in adult primary care are limited.

Purpose of the Study:

To characterize adult primary care medical assistant (MA) staffing.
To identify primary care practice characteristics associated with MA per primary care clinician (PCC) staffing ratios.

Main Methods:

Analysis of data from the National Survey of Healthcare Organizations and Systems (n=1,252).
Examination of primary care practice characteristics related to MA:PCC staffing ratios.
Statistical analysis using odds ratios (OR) to compare practice types and organizational culture.

Main Results:

In 2021, only 11.4% of primary care practices reported having 2 or more MAs per PCC.
Independent (OR=1.76) and medical group-owned (OR=2.09) practices were more likely to have higher MA:PCC ratios compared to system-owned practices.
Practices with an innovative organizational culture were also more likely to report higher MA:PCC ratios (P<0.05).

Conclusions:

The majority of primary care practices are not adequately staffed with medical assistants.
Practice ownership (independent, group) and organizational culture (innovation) are associated with higher MA staffing levels.
Findings suggest a need for strategies to improve MA staffing in primary care settings.