This issue brief from the AAMC Research and Action Institute’s Fellow in Residence, Gaetano Forte, MS, Assistant Director, Center for Health Workforce Studies, University at Albany, SUNY, presents an approach to better understand the roles and contributions of nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician associates (PAs) on the health care team and how this new knowledge should be incorporated into existing workforce projections models. The paper proposes a 2-pronged solution to modeling deficits and to better project supply and demand for NPs and PAs and asserts that models should adapt to how the workforce changes, including how it is composed, how it is deployed, and how it accomplishes its work.
Citation: Forte G. How Improved Health Workforce Projection Models Could Support Policy. AAMC Research and Action Institute’s website. Published July 9, 2024. Accessed July 9, 2024. https://www.aamcresearchinstitute.org/our-work/issue-brief/how-improved-health-workforce-projection-models-could-support-policy