Research Article
Factors Associated with Physician Assistant Practice in Rural and Primary Care in Utah
Table 6
Comparison of specialty for practicing physician assistants in Utah, 2003 to 2008*.
| Specialty | 2003 | 2008 | Change (percentage points) |
| Family medicine | 40% | 31.5% | −8.6 | Orthopedic surgery | 6.5% | 10.6% | 4.0 | Emergency medicine | 5.4% | 6.0% | 0.6 | Pediatrics-General | 6.2% | 5.8% | −0.4 | Internal Medicine/General | 6.5% | 4.4% | −2.2 | Dermatology | 4.2% | 4.2% | 0.0 | Prev Med/Occ Med | 3.8% | 3.2% | −0.7 | Urology | 1.9% | 3.0% | 1.1 | Cardiology | 3.1% | 2.8% | −0.3 | Hematology/Oncology | 2.7% | 2.8% | 0.1 | OB/Gynecology | 1.5% | 2.5% | 1.0 | Other Surgical Subspecialty | 0.8% | 2.5% | 1.7 | Cardio-Thoracic Surgery | 1.5% | 1.9% | 0.4 | Otolaryngology | 0.4% | 1.9% | 1.5 | Neurology | 1.2% | 1.6% | 0.4 |
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*Includes specialties with 10 or more PAs.
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