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Racial and ethnic differences in physician assistant salaries
Two recent reports using different data sets concluded that female physician assistants (PAs) earn substantially less than male PAs. Similar data comparing the effect of race and ethnicity on salary have not been compiled. This article examines the possibility of racial and ethnic salary disparities in PA salaries using data from the 2009 survey of members of the American Academy of Physician Assistants.
Racial and Gender Disparities in the Physician Assistant Profession
Objective. To examine whether racial, gender, and ethnic salary disparities exist in the physician assistant (PA) profession and what factors, if any, are associated with the differentials. Data Sources/Study Setting. We use a nationally representative survey of 15,105 PAs from the American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA). Study Design. We use bivariate and multivariate statistics to analyze pay differentials from the 2009 AAPA survey. Principle Findings. Women represent nearly two-thirds of the profession but receive approximately 18,000lessinprimarycompensation.Thedifferentialreducestojustover18,000 less in primary compensation. The differential reduces to just over 18,000lessinprimarycompensation.Thedifferentialreducestojustover9,500 when the analysis includes a variety of other variables. According to AAPA survey, minority PAs tend to make slightly higher salaries than White PAs nationally, although the differences are not statistically significant once the control variables are included in the analysis. Conclusions. Despite the rough parity in primary salary, PAs of color are vastly underrepresented in the profession. The salaries of women lag in comparison to their male counterparts. Key Words. Workforce diversity, physician assistant, health care supply, gender, race and ethnicity
Examining the Gap: Compensation Disparities between Male and Female Physician Assistants
Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health, 2017
Compensation disparities between men and women have been problematic for decades, and there is considerable evidence that the gap cannot be entirely explained by nongender factors. The current study examined the compensation gap in the physician assistant (PA) profession. Compensation data from 2014 was collected by the American Academy of PAs in 2015. Practice variables, including experience, specialty, and hours worked, were controlled for in an ordinary least-squares sequential regression model to examine whether there remained a disparity in total compensation. In addition, the absolute disparity in compensation was compared with historical data collected by American Academy of PAs over the previous 1.5 decades. Without controlling for practice variables, a total compensation disparity of 16,052existedbetweenmenandwomeninthePAprofession.EvenafterPApracticevariableswerecontrolledfor,atotalcompensationdisparityof16,052 existed between men and women in the PA profession. Even after PA practice variables were controlled for, a total compensation disparity of 16,052existedbetweenmenandwomeninthePAprofession.EvenafterPApracticevariableswerecontrolledfor,atotalcompensationdisparityof9,695 remained between men and women (95% co...
Race, ethnicity, and the physician assistant profession
Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants, 2015
SHIFTING POPULATION DEMOGRAPHICS In the 2010 census, the federal Offi ce of Management and Budget defi ned race as white, black, American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, Native Hawaiian or other Pacifi c Islander, and some other race. Respondents also may designate two or more races, for a total of 57 possible race category combinations. 8 Hispanic ethnicity was defi ned as either Hispanic or Latino or not Hispanic or Latino. 8 The 2010 census data revealed that racial and ethnic minorities (all races except non-Hispanic whites) account for 37% of the US population. 9 Table 1 displays the changing demographic in the nation between 2000 and 2010. 10 Much of the demographic shift was due to 43% growth in the Hispanic population, which accounted for more than half of the total population growth from 2000 to 2010. 8 The United States is projected to become a "majority-minority" nation by 2043, and by 2060, 57% of the population will be minority. 9 The increasingly diverse US population has highlighted the imbalance between the percentage of racial and ethnic
An analysis of the specialty and geographic location of physician assistants in the United States
American Journal of Public Health, 1978
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Primary Care and Diversity in the Physician Assistant Profession
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PAs worked in family medicine, general internal medicine, and general pediatrics; by 2010, the percentage had drop ped to 31%. 2 Medically underserved communities are especially in need of primary care providers, since they tend to have poorer health outcomes. Nationally, PAs comprise 10% of the health care providers working with the poor in CHCs. Most patients who utilize CHCs receive Medicaid or State Children's Health Insurance Program assistance. 1 Several studies have reported that certain demographic groups are more highly represented among PAs who provide primary care in underserved communities. Some of these factors included older age, lower income status, and being Hispanic or black. 2, 3 Adequately serving these populations will mean increasing the proportion of PAs and PA students who are Hispanic, black, older, and from lower income groups.
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Black attrition in physician assistant training programs
American Journal of Public Health, 1981
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