2022-24 Physician Assistant Workforce Survey Page 8 of 23 FIGURE 3: AGE OF PAs PA Workforce Practice Characteristics The 2022-24 PA Workforce Survey collects information specific to the practice of health care. What are PAs doing (specialty areas), where do they do it (practice settings), and how much time do they spend with patients compared to other tasks? The survey also reports information on PAs whose practice settings accept Medicaid and Medicare. Of the total number of PAs who responded to the survey, 83.4% answered questions about their specialty area (or 12,035 of 14,427). Figure 4 captures the distribution of specialty area reported by 12,035 PAs for all practice locations; 872 respondents did not list a primary practice location. The top three reported specialty areas are Internal Medicine, making up 20.7% of respondents, Family Medicine at 15.1%, and Surgery at 14.4%. The top three subspecialty areas (Family Medicine at 1,752, Emergency Medicine at 1,572, and Internal Medicine at 1,106) comprise 36.8% of the total PA workforce that responded to this question (4,430 of 12,035 reported). 3,655 5,377 3,018 2,019 988 180 8 0 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000 6,000 20 - 30 31 - 40 41 - 50 51 - 60 61 - 70 71 - 80 81 - 90 Total
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