Division of primary care services between physicians, PAs, and NPs for older patients with diabetes

Using Medicare claims and EHR data from a large physician group, Christine Everett et al. looked at how to incorporate physician assistants and nurse pracitioners (PA/NPs) into primary care teams. This article describes the division of patients and services between PCPs for older diabetes patients on panels with varying levels of PA/NP involvement. Panels with PA/NP providers had higher proportions of patients with Medicaid, disability, and depression.