BMJ: 10 Conditions with Highest Percentage of Healthcare Visits Delivered by NPs and PAs in 2019

  1. Respiratory infections: 41.5%
  2. Skin and subcutaneious: 38.0%
  3. Schizophrenia: 37.9%
  4. Anxiety Disorders: 36.7%
  5. Mycoses: 35.9%
  6. Mood disorders: 33.8%
  7. Other lower respiratory infection: 31.1%
  8. Viral infections: 31%
  9. Ear conditions: 30.4%
  10. Diseases of the urinary tract: 30.2% (tie)
  11. Other nervous system: 30.2% (tie)
  12. All visits: 25.6%
Notes: Data includes healthcare visits, both telemedicine and in-person, in the settings of outpatients or nursing facilities, for 27 conditions in 2019. NP: nurse practitioner; PA: physician assistant.

Source: BMJ. "Provision of evaluation and management visits by nurse practitioners and physician assistants in the USA from 2013 to 2019: cross-sectional time series study, Supplementary Appendix," September 14, 2023 - https://www.bmj.com/content/bmj/suppl/2023/09/13/bmj-2022-073933.DC1/pats073933…

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