From: Patient satisfaction with physician assistant/associate care: an international scoping review
Criterion | Inclusion | Exclusion |
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Time period | 1968 to 2019 | Studies outside these dates |
Language | English | Non-English studies were eligible for inclusion (none found) |
Type of article | No limits were placed on the peer-reviewed literature type. Must include PAs as focus. | Exclude if PAs were grouped together with another health professional such as an NP and could not be separately analyzed. |
Study focus | Patients were asked or surveyed as to how they regarded their care or experience with a PA. The definition of a PA includes those formally trained as a PA. | Â |
Population and sample | Patients that had an encounter with a PA. | Other health professionals if they were merged together with PAs, e.g., NPs, nurses, and technicians. |