"High-Physician" or "High NP/PA" Staffing Models: What They Mean for Geriatric Primary Care

What's the news. Primary care practices that use a high-physician staffing model have higher labor costs and provide a narrower range of geriatric-focused primary care services (such as assessment of fall risk, wellness visits, and advance care planning) compared with practices that employ more nurse practitioners or physician assistants (NPs or PAs), according to a September 2021 Health Affairs research article.