@article{ajmsm20251331,
author={Hughes, Virginia C.},
title={The PA Licensure Compact: Identification of Significant Factors to Enacting Legislation},
journal={American Journal of Medical Sciences and Medicine},
volume={13},
number={3},
pages={29--33},
year={2025},
url={https://pubs.sciepub.com/ajmsm/13/3/1},
issn={2327-6657},
abstract={The PA Licensure Compact (PALC) is an optional agreement between states that aims to increase healthcare services for patients by allowing PA¡¯s with a license in a compact member state to practice in any other member state. Currently nineteen states have enacted the PALC. A study was conducted assessing factors that impact a states decision to join the PALC. State population density, number of PA programs, number of medical schools, rural population, rural land area, rural population density, number of PA¡¯s in each state, percentage of PA¡¯s in each state, PA¡¯s that participate in telemedicine, and number of physicians in each state with stratification into neonatal, cardiovascular, critical care, endocrinology, oncology, gastroenterology, and emergency medicine were analyzed in a logistic regression design. The number of PA Programs and PA¡¯s in each state, number of physicians practicing in the US, and specialties cardiovascular, gastroenterology, and emergency medicine were found to be statistically significant (P<.05). This study adds to the body of knowledge regarding the PALC and future outcomes as more states pass legislation to join the compact expanding access to healthcare.},
doi={10.12691/ajmsm-13-3-1}
publisher={Science and Education Publishing}
}