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Bridging the Gap: Examining Physician Assistant Practice Patterns to Address Kentucky’s Health Care Workforce

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to provide a description of the physician assistant (PA) workforce in Kentucky and the perspective of current Kentucky PA students regarding factors to influence rural work. This study intends to provide insights into the practice patterns of Kentucky PAs and alumni and desires…

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Uncomplicated Distal Radius Fractures: An Opportunity to Reduce Emergency Medicine Opioid Prescribing?

Objectives: To assess emergency physician prescribing for simple extremity fractures—specifically, distal radius fractures—and describe the opportunity for reducing opioid prescribing. Methods: An electronic survey was distributed to 1238 emergency physicians employed by a nationwide practice serving 220 sites in 20 states. The survey presented two plain film views of a…

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Practice Pattern Variation in Pediatric Eosinophilic Esophagitis in the Carolinas EoE Collaborative: A Research Model in Community and Academic Practices

Objectives: Differences in the initial management of pediatric eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) by practice setting have not been well characterized. We aimed to characterize these differences for sites in the Carolinas EoE Collaborative (CEoEC), a multicenter network of academic and community practices. Methods: We performed a retrospective cohort study of pediatric…

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