RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Primary Care Practice Characteristics Associated With Medical Assistant Staffing Ratios
JF The Annals of Family Medicine
JO Ann Fam Med
FD American Academy of Family Physicians
SP 233
OP 236
DO 10.1370/afm.3100
VO 22
IS 3
A1 Rodriguez, Hector P.
A1 Berube, Alena D.
A1 Hung, Dorothy Y.
A1 Shortell, Stephen M.
A1 Fisher, Elliott S.
YR 2024
UL http://www.annfammed.org/content/22/3/233.abstract
AB This study characterized adult primary care medical assistant (MA) staffing. National Survey of Healthcare Organizations and Systems (n = 1,252) data were analyzed to examine primary care practice characteristics associated with MA per primary care clinician (PCC) staffing ratios. In 2021, few practices (11.4%) had ratios of 2 or more MAs per PCCs. Compared with system-owned practices, independent (odds ratio [OR] = 1.76, P <0.05) and medical group-owned (OR = 2.09, P <0.05) practices were more likely to have ratios of 2 or more MAs per PCCs, as were practices with organizational cultures oriented to innovation (P <0.05). Most primary care practices do not have adequate MA staffing.