2022-24 Physician Assistant Workforce Survey Page 12 of 23 PA Practice Number of Patients per Week10 When asked to report the average number of patients they see per week at each practice location, 11,685 of 14,427 responded (or 81%). The majority of PAs reported seeing patients at their primary practice location (11,517 of 11,685, or 98.6%). Only 1.4% (or 168 of 11,685) saw no patients at all, instead reporting involvement in administration, education/research, consulting, or already in the process of retiring. FIGURE 9: DISTRIBUTION OF PATIENTS SEEN BY PAs Average Number of Patients Seen per Week Total PAs Percentage 0 168 1.4% 1 – 50 4,932 42.2% 51 – 100 5,006 43.4% 101 – 150 1,109 9.5% 151 – 200 298 2.6% 201 – 250 46 0.4% 251 – 300 25 0.2% 301 – 350 1 0% 351 – 400 14 0.1% 401 – 450 1 0% 451 – 500 8 0.1% 501 – 550 1 0% 551 – 600 0 0% 601 + 16 0.1% 10 The survey included detailed questions for the primary practice location that were not gathered for second or third practice locations (hours spend on administrative matters and other tasks; counts for type of patient insurance coverage; practice setting and employer type; and distance patients travel).
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