2022-24 Physician Assistant Workforce Survey Page 15 of 23 Patient Travel Time When asked to estimate how far the majority of their patients had to travel; 80.8% of PAs responded (or 11,654 of 14,427). Nearly half (46%) reported their patients traveled 1-10 miles (5,388 of 11,654) (Figure 13). FIGURE 13: ESTIMATED TRAVEL TIME FOR THE MAJORITY OF PATIENTS Patient Travel Time Number of PAs Reporting 1-10 miles 5,388 11-20 miles 3,937 21-30 miles 1,441 31-40 miles 470 Over 40 miles 418 Hospital Care When asked to report the number of hospitals where they had hospital privileges, 79.4% of PAs responded (or 11,448 of 14,427), the majority of whom reported as having hospital privileges (57.4%, or 6,571 of 11,448) while slightly fewer (42.6% or 4,877) of respondents reported having no hospital privileges. On-call emergency room coverage was provided by 16% of respondents, and 15.6% reported working in trauma centers or attending trauma patients. Primary Practice Location Patients Type of Insurance When asked to report whether they accepted new Medicare patients at their primary practice location, 82.1% (or 11,848 of 14,427) PAs responded, the majority of whom said they accepted new Medicare patients at their primary practice location (86.3% or 10,223). Slightly fewer PAs responded when asked whether they accept new Medicaid patients at their primary practice location (81.4%), where over half reported accepting new Medicaid patients at their primary practice location (66.5% or 7,805).
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