医生助理和护士从业人员的专业化反映在劳动力预测中
Roderick S Hooker1, Kim Curry2, Christine Tracy3
1Health Services Research, Retired, Portland, USA.
Cureus
|December 9, 2024
概括
医生助理 (PA) 和执业护士 (NP) 在医疗保健中越来越重要,特别是在缺乏地区. 准确的劳动力规划需要认识到他们的专长,与当前的联邦预测不同.
科学领域:
- 医疗保健工作人员分析
- 医疗保健服务研究 医疗服务研究
背景情况:
- 自20世纪60年代以来,医生助理 (PA) 和护士执业人员 (NP) 在美国医疗保健系统中使用率有所增加.
- 许多PA和NP在专业领域进行实践,但联邦劳动力预测并没有根据专业识别它们.
研究的目的:
- 分析PA和NP的就业状况,专业和位置.
- 突出需要专业特定数据来准确预测医疗保健工作人员的需求.
主要方法:
- 数据来自公开的来源和专业组织.
- 对于NP和PA的就业状况,专业和位置信息是从协会人口普查调查中提取的.
主要成果:
- 46.6%的NP和55.3%的PA在门诊/健行护理中工作;22.1%的NP和23.9%的PA在一般/外科医院工作.
- 大约9%的PA和NP在联邦合格卫生中心工作,许多在卫生专业人员短缺地区 (HPSA).
- 在HPSA中PA和NP的数量从72,000 (2011) 增加到110,000 (2023),在此期间HPSA中没有医生增长.
结论:
- 详细的劳动力数据,包括PA和NP专业,对于有效的医疗保健劳动力规划至关重要.
- 准确预测医疗保健提供者短缺需要了解所有提供者类型的角色和专业化,以确定服务交付差距.
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