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22 Sep 2014

The Role of Physician Assistants in Health Care Delivery

Physician assistants (PAs) play a broad and expanding role in the health care system, working in a variety of practice areas and settings because of their adaptably and lower cost,…

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15 Sep 2014

The Role of Physician Assistants in Health Care Delivery

This issue brief describes the role of PAs in the U.S. health care system and barriers that may prevent PAs…

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