Cancer Risk Assessment: A Survey of Physician Assistants' Competence using Clinical Vignettes.

One of the responsibilities of the American Academy of Physician Assistants is to collect and analyze data to track the growth and changes in the physician assistant profession. The data are collected from various projects that are maintained throughout the year by the AAPA Division of Data Services and Statistics. The most important of these activities is AAPA's Annual Census Survey of PAs. Aggregate results of the census survey are reported at the end of each year in the AAPA Physician Assistant Census Report. Customized reports and special analyses of census information can be purchased. Some restrictions apply; for instance, only AAPA members can purchase salary profiles - a specialized analytic report that answers the question: "How much do PAs, in positions with a specific set of characteristics, earn?"

This content is divided into three sections. The first two sections are based on primary data the Division of Data Services and Statistics has collected about PAs and new PA students. The third section includes other information available on PAs, as well as policies the division maintains regarding the data sharing and survey assistance programs.

PA Information

Most recent: 2008

• 2008 Census National Report
• 2008 State Reports
• 2008 Non-State Chapters Reports
• 2008 Specialty Reports
• Physican Assistant Income: Changes in Inflation-adjusted Total Annual Income from Primary Employer 2006-2007 and 2007-2008
• AAPA Physician Assistant Census Results: Fringe Benefits
• Income Reported By PAs Who Graduated In 2007
• Projected Number of People in Clinical Practice as PAs as of December 31, 2008
• Number of Patient Visits Made to Physician Assistants and Number of Medications Prescribed or Recommended by Physician Assistants in 2008
• Number of Visits to Physician Assistants for Select Disorders in 2008
• Types of Compensation Received by Physician Assistants from their Primary Employers in 2008

• 2007 Census Highlights
• 2007 Census Tables
  
  • 2007 State Reports
  • 2007 Non-State Chapters Reports
  • 2007 Specialty Reports
• Physican Assistant Income: Changes in Inflation-adjusted Total Annual Income from Primary Employer 2005-2006 and 2006-2007
• AAPA Physician Assistant Census Results: Fringe Benefits
• Income Reported By PAs Who Graduated In 2006
• Projected Number of People in Clinical Practice as PAs as of January 1, 2008
• Number of Patient Visits Made to Physician Assistants and Number of Medications Prescribed or Recommended by Physician Assistants in 2007
• Number of Visits to Physician Assistants for Select Disorders in 2007
• Types of Compensation Received by Physician Assistants from their Primary Employers in 2007

• 2006 Census Highlights
• 2006 Census Tables
  
  • 2006 State Reports
  • 2006 Non-State Chapters Reports
  • 2006 Specialty Reports

• Physican Assistant Income: Changes in Inflation-adjusted Total Annual Income from Primary Employer 2004-2005 and 2005-2006
• AAPA Physician Assistant Census Results: Fringe Benefits
• Income Reported By PAs Who Graduated In 2005
• Projected Number of People in Clinical Practice as PAs as of January 1, 2007
• Number of Patient Visits Made to Physician Assistants and Number of Medications Prescribed or Recommended by Physician Assistants in 2006
• Number of Visits to Physician Assistants for Select Disorders in 2006

• 2005 Census Highlights
• 2005 Census Tables
  
  • 2005 State Reports
  • 2005 Non-State Chapters Reports
  • 2005 Specialty Reports

• Physican Assistant Income: Changes in Inflation-adjusted Total Annual Income from Primary Employer 2003-2004 and 2004-2005
• AAPA Physician Assistant Census Results: Fringe Benefits
• Income Reported By PAs Who Graduated In 2004
• Projected Number of People in Clinical Practice as PAs as of January 1, 2006
• Number of Patient Visits Made to Physician Assistants and Number of Medications Prescribed or Recommended by Physician Assistants in 2005
• Number of Visits to Physician Assistants for Select Disorders in 2005

• 2004 Census Highlights
• 2004 Census Tables
  
  • State Reports
  • Non-State Chapters
  • Specialty Reports

• AAPA Physician Assistant Census Results: Fringe Benefits
• Income Reported By PAs Who Graduated in 2003
• Number of Visits to Physician Assistants for Select Disorders in 2004
• Projected Number of People in Clinical Practice as PAs as of January 1, 2005
• Number of Patient Visits Made to Physician Assistants and Number of Medications Prescribed or Recommended by Physician Assistans in 2004 
• Physician Assistant Income: Changes in Inflation-adjusted Total Annual Income from Primary Employer 2002-2003 and 2003-2004

• 2003 Census Highlights
• 2003 Census Tables
• Information Update: Physician Assistant Income - Changes in Inflation-adjusted Total Annual Income from Primary Employer 2001-2002 and 2002-2003
• Information Update: Income Reported by PAs Who Gradutate in 2002
• Information Update: AAPA Physician Assistant Census Results - Fringe Benefits
• Information Update: Projected Number of People in Clinical Practice as PAs as of January 1, 2004
• Information Update: Number of Visits to Physician Assistants for Select Disorders in 2003
• Information Update: Number of Patient Visits Made to Physician Assistants and Number of Medications Prescribed or Recommended by Physician Assistants in 2003
• Trends In The Physician Assistant Profession: 1991-2003

• 2002 Census Highlights
• 2002 Census Tables
• Information Update: Fringe Benefits Report 2002
• Information Update: 2002 Income Information - 2001 PA Graduates
• Information Update: Number of Visits to Physician Assistants and Number of Medications Prescribed or Recommended by Physician Assistants in 2002
• Information Update: Projected Number of People in Clinical Practice as PAs as of January 1, 2003
• Number of Visits to Physician Assistants for Select Disorders in 2002
• Changes in Total Inflation-Adjusted Income from Primary Employer 1997-1998, 1998-1999, 1999-2000, 2000-2001, 2001-2002

• 2001 Census Highlights
• 2001 Census Tables
• Physician Assistant Income: Changes in Total Inflation-adjusted Income from Primary Employer: 1997-1998, 1998-1999, 1999-2000, 2000-2001
• Information Update: Number of Visits to Physician Assistants for Select Disorders in 2001
• Information Update: 2001 Income Information - 2000 PA Graduates
• Information Update: Number of PAs in Clinical Practice
• Information Update: Fringe Benefits Report 2001

• 2000 Census Highlights and Tables
• Information Update: 2000 Income Information

• 1999 Census Highlights
• 1999 Census Tables
• Information Update: 1999 Income Information

• 1998 Census Highlights
• 1998 Census Tables

• 1996 Census Highlights
• 1996 Census Tables (29.78 Kb)

• 1997 Census Highlights
• 1997 Census Tables
  
• Information Update: 1997 Income Information

• 2007 AAPA New Student Census Regional Report
• 2006 AAPA New Student Census Regional Report
• 2005 AAPA New Student Census Regional Report
• 2004 AAPA New Student Census Regional Report
• 2003 AAPA New Student Census Regional Report
• 2002 AAPA New Student Census Regional Report
• 2001 AAPA New Student Census Regional Report
• 2000 AAPA New Student Census Regional Report
• 2000 Regional Report: Tables of New Enrollees in PA Programs
• Information Update: Report of the Census Survey of New Physician Assistant Students, 1995-2000
• Information Update: Report of the Census Survey of New Physician Assistant Students, 1995-2000 (Data Tables)