To facilitate locating specific items of interest, an index of the subjects addressed by the tables is provided in addition to a list of tables. White PAs comprise 89 percent of the respondents. Due to the variety of work settings and specialty fields in which PAs practice, the types of patients PAs treat are quite varied. Seven percent of full-time PAs see nursing home patients in their primary job, and 5 percent of respondents see other types of patients. The mean hours on call per month for those PAs who take some call but are not always on call is 106.
Respondents report receiving several different forms of compensation from their primary employer.
Thirteen percent of respondents report receiving an incentive based on the practice's productivity or performance while 19 percent report receiving an incentive based on their productivity or performance.