The cost-effectiveness of physician assistants/associates: A systematic review of international evidence.
G T W J van den BrinkR S HookerA J Van VughtHester VermeulenM G H LaurantPublished in: PloS one (2021)
Most of the studies were of good methodological quality, and the results point in the same direction; PAs delivered the same or better care outcomes as physicians with the same or less cost of care. Sometimes this efficiency was due to their reduced labor cost and sometimes because they were more effective as producers of care and activity.