Table. Percent of Physician Practices With Advanced Practice Clinicians and the Percent Change From 2008 to 2016.
| Variable | Total Practices, No. | Any Advanced Practice Clinician, % |
Any NP, % | Any PA, % | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 2016 | 2008 | 2016 | Change | 2008 | 2016 | Change | 2008 | 2016 | Change | |
| Specialty practicesa | 132 682 | 165 655 | 23.2 | 28.3 | 21.7 | 14.4 | 19.2 | 32.6 | 11.6 | 14.0 | 20.3 |
| Medical specialties | 87 178 | 109 125 | 20.2 | 23.3 | 15.7 | 13.6 | 16.3 | 19.9 | 8.3 | 9.9 | 19.3 |
| Surgical specialtiesb | 22 881 | 22 185 | 17.8 | 20.6 | 15.8 | 5.8 | 7.7 | 32.6 | 13.6 | 15.3 | 12.0 |
| Multispecialty | 22 623 | 34 345 | 40.5 | 49.0 | 20.9 | 26.3 | 35.5 | 34.9 | 22.4 | 26.1 | 16.4 |
| Psychiatry | 12 909 | 16 535 | 14.7 | 17.4 | 18.4 | 13.1 | 15.9 | 20.9 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 19.2 |
| Obstetrics/gynecology | 12 676 | 13 148 | 29.5 | 29.3 | −0.7 | 25.3 | 25.3 | 0.2 | 6.1 | 6.5 | 5.7 |
| Ophthalmology | 9939 | 10 505 | 0.8 | 0.7 | −10.8 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 3.7 | 0.6 | 0.5 | −9.1 |
| Cardiology | 6142 | 8483 | 30.3 | 31.0 | 2.4 | 22.1 | 24.3 | 9.6 | 12.7 | 12.9 | 1.8 |
| Orthopedic surgery | 6758 | 7293 | 28.0 | 29.1 | 3.9 | 4.9 | 7.0 | 43.0 | 25.3 | 25.4 | 0.6 |
| General surgery | 6213 | 6400 | 11.2 | 13.8 | 24.0 | 5.4 | 7.6 | 40.1 | 6.6 | 7.5 | 14.6 |
| Neurology | 3814 | 5162 | 13.8 | 21.3 | 54.2 | 9.5 | 15.6 | 64.5 | 5.4 | 8.2 | 52.4 |
| Plastic surgery | 6067 | 4177 | 6.4 | 9.8 | 54.2 | 2.7 | 3.8 | 39.8 | 3.9 | 6.4 | 62.9 |
| Dermatology | 5428 | 6041 | 27.4 | 36.3 | 32.5 | 8.4 | 11.5 | 36.8 | 21.7 | 29.5 | 35.6 |
| Gastroenterology | 3873 | 5496 | 25.1 | 28.7 | 14.2 | 15.4 | 19.2 | 24.7 | 12.5 | 14.4 | 15.1 |
| Primary care practicesc | 68 317 | 69 755 | 28.4 | 35.3 | 24.3 | 18.8 | 26.1 | 38.8 | 12.5 | 14.6 | 16.8 |
| Family practice | 30 322 | 31 936 | 36.7 | 44.8 | 22.1 | 22.4 | 31.6 | 41.0 | 18.4 | 21.0 | 13.9 |
| Internal medicine | 22 514 | 22 424 | 18.3 | 23.9 | 30.8 | 12.0 | 17.6 | 46.2 | 7.7 | 9.3 | 21.3 |
| Pediatrics | 12 164 | 12 939 | 27.9 | 34.3 | 22.8 | 23.0 | 29.3 | 27.3 | 7.3 | 9.0 | 22.4 |
Abbreviations: NP, nurse practitioner; PA, physician assistant.
Specialty practices include medical specialties: addiction medicine, adolescent medicine, aerospace medicine, allergy/immunology, anesthesiology, cardiology, critical care medicine, dermatology, dialysis, emergency medicine, endocrinology, gastroenterology, general preventive medicine, genetic specialist, gynecologic oncology, holistic medicine, infectious disease, nephrology, neurology, nuclear medicine, obstetrics/gynecology, occupational medicine, oncology/hematology, ophthalmology, otolaryngology, pain management, physical medicine/rehab, psychiatry, pulmonology, rheumatology, sleep medicine, sports medicine, urology, vascular and interventional radiology.
Surgical specialties include bariatrics, colorectal surgery, general surgery, head and neck surgery, neurological surgery, orthopedic surgery, plastic surgery, thoracic surgery, transplant surgery, trauma surgery, and vascular surgery.
Primary care includes family practice, general practice, geriatric medicine, internal medicine, internal medicine/pediatrics, and pediatrics.