Table 2.

Overview of physician assistant distribution across different health sectors

Number of PAs in education programme 2012–2019aNumber of PAs, survey 2018bNumber of FTE PAs, survey 2018bRate of FTE PAs per 100 FTE specialistsa
Specialist care1,0988387524.5
Obstetrics and gynaecology91
Surgery90
Orthopaedics53
Anaesthetics48
Neurology44
Radiotherapy38
Cardiology35
Lung diseases and tuberculosis32
Rheumatology28
Gastroenterology25
Cardiothoracic surgery19
Internal medicine18
Paediatrics17
Urology17
Neurosurgery15
Dermatology and venereology14
Radiology14
Emergency medicine13
Clinical geriatrics12
Other83
Family medicine164131911.0
Nursing home care3432271.9
Rehabilitation75766113.7
Mental healthcare1111--
Other233020-

  • ↵aData from the capacity report.6

  • ↵bData from the survey.7 arious PAs are active in more than one health sector. FTE = full-time equivalent; PA = physician assistant.