Physician Assistants

"Physician Assistants" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Health professionals who practice medicine as members of a team with their supervising physicians. They deliver a broad range of medical and surgical services to diverse populations in rural and urban settings. Duties may include physical exams, diagnosis and treatment of disease, interpretation of tests, assist in surgery, and prescribe medications. (from http://www.aapa.orglabout-pas accessed 2114/2011)

Descriptor ID	D010823
MeSH Number(s)	M01.526.485.067.740 N02.360.067.740
Concept/Terms	Physician Assistants Physician Assistants Assistants, Physician Physician Assistant Physicians' Extenders Extender, Physicians' Extenders, Physicians' Physician Extenders Physician's Extenders Physicians' Extender Doctor's Assistants Assistant, Doctor's Assistants, Doctor's Doctor Assistants Doctor's Assistant Physicians' Assistants Assistant, Physicians' Assistants, Physicians' Physician's Assistants Physicians Assistants Physicians' Assistant Feldshers Feldshers Feldsher

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Named Groups [M]
Persons [M01]
Occupational Groups [M01.526]
Health Personnel [M01.526.485]
Allied Health Personnel [M01.526.485.067]
Physician Assistants [M01.526.485.067.740]
Health Care [N]
Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services [N02]
Health Personnel [N02.360]
Allied Health Personnel [N02.360.067]
Physician Assistants [N02.360.067.740]

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Bar chart showing 24 publications over 13 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 2015 and 2016 and 2018

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2000	1	0	1
2008	0	1	1
2009	0	1	1
2013	0	1	1
2015	0	3	3
2016	1	2	3
2017	2	0	2
2018	3	0	3
2019	1	1	2
2020	1	1	2
2021	2	0	2
2022	2	0	2
2024	1	0	1

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Shiau C, Kim DY, Young PA, Baker A, Bae GH. Trends in dermatologic procedures performed by dermatologists and advanced practice clinicians among Medicare beneficiaries from 2012 to 2020. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2024 May; 90(5):1054-1057.

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Sharabianlou Korth MJ, Lu LY, Finlay AK, Kamal RN, Goodman SB, Maloney WJ, Amanatullah DF, Huddleston JI. A Physician Assistant Is Associated With Higher Patient Satisfaction With Outpatient Orthopedic Surgery. Orthopedics. 2022 Sep-Oct; 45(5):e252-e256.

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Mafi JN, Chen A, Guo R, Choi K, Smulowitz P, Tseng CH, Ladapo JA, Landon BE. US emergency care patterns among nurse practitioners and physician assistants compared with physicians: a cross-sectional analysis. BMJ Open. 2022 04 20; 12(4):e055138.

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Carpenter CR, Abrams S, Courtney DM, Dorner SC, Dyne P, Elia T, Jourdan DN, Kaji AH, Martin IBK, Mills AM, Nagasawa K, Pillow M, Reznek M, Starnes A, Temin E, Wolfe R, Chekijian S. Advanced practice providers in academic emergency medicine: A national survey of chairs and program directors. Acad Emerg Med. 2022 02; 29(2):184-192.

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Rajan SS, Akeroyd JM, Ahmed ST, Ramsey DJ, Ballantyne CM, Petersen LA, Virani SS. Health care costs associated with primary care physicians versus nurse practitioners and physician assistants. J Am Assoc Nurse Pract. 2021 05 31; 33(11):967-974.

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Rich BS, Fishbein J, Ricca RL, Moriarty KP, Short J, Trudeau MO, Kim SS, Rollins M, Van Arendonk KJ, Gadepalli SK, Raval MV, Dasgupta R, Rothstein DH, Glick RD. Defining the role of advanced care practitioners in pediatric surgery practice. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Dec; 56(12):2263-2269.

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Klein JD, Gorzkowski J, Resnick EA, Harris D, Kaseeska K, Pbert L, Prokorov A, Wang T, Davis J, Gotlieb E, Wasserman R. Delivery and Impact of a Motivational Intervention for Smoking Cessation: A PROS Study. Pediatrics. 2020 10; 146(4).

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Sardana M, Tang Y, Magnani JW, Ockene IS, Allison JJ, Arnold SV, Jones PG, Maddox TM, Virani SS, McManus DD. Provider-Level Variation in Smoking Cessation Assistance Provided in the Cardiology Clinics: Insights From the NCDR PINNACLE Registry. J Am Heart Assoc. 2019 07 02; 8(13):e011412.

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Glicken AD, Savageau JA, Flick TA, Lord CB, Harvan RA, Silk H. Integrating Oral Health: Physician Assistant Education in 2017. J Physician Assist Educ. 2019 Jun; 30(2):93-100.

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Mirsky R, Prado G, Svoboda R, Glazer A, Rigel D. Management Decisions Made by Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners in Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma Patients: Impact of a 31-Gene Expression Profile Test J Drugs Dermatol. 2018 11 01; 17(11):1220-1223.

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