The Conference Board of Canada says by hiring more physician assistants and integrating them into health care teams, millions could be saved in efficiency gains…more
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Increasing the Use of Physician Assistants Could Lead to Significant Cost Savings for the Canadian Health Care System
October 25th, 2016Canada’s health care system cost Canadians $219 billion in 2015, and hospital, drugs and physician services accounted for 60 per cent of this spending. Physician assistants (PAs) could help lower Canada’s health care spending, by completing more routine tasks and… Read more »
Physician assistants could help relieve strain on health care system, says study
October 25th, 2016Physician assistants could save the health care system more than a billion dollars over the next 13 years, says a Conference Board of Canada study released Monday. There are only about 550 physician assistants (PAs) currently working in Canada…more
Physician assistants could help relieve strain on health care system, says study
October 25th, 2016Physician assistants could save the health care system more than a billion dollars over the next 13 years, says a Conference Board of Canada study released Monday.
Physician assistants could help relieve strain on health care system, says study
October 25th, 2016PAs could relieve some of the pressure on the doctors’ time, decrease wait times and alleviate workplace shortages just as the aging population starts to increase demand on the system, according to the study, which engaged an expert panel to… Read more »