Physician assistants positively affected patient satisfaction after outpatient surgery

Results showed having a physician assistant in the outpatient clinic positively affected Press Ganey patient satisfaction outcomes and “may ultimately improve the perception of care” after outpatient orthopedic surgery.
Moritz J. Sharabianlou Korth, MD, and colleagues from the department of orthopedic surgery at Stanford University analyzed satisfaction scores from 11,059 patients who rated 24 orthopedic providers from an outpatient orthopedic surgery clinic of a single institution in 2013.
According to the study, practice-related parameters were collected from a provider-reported

Results showed having a physician assistant in the outpatient clinic positively affected Press Ganey patient satisfaction outcomes and “may ultimately improve the perception of care” after outpatient orthopedic surgery.
Moritz J. Sharabianlou Korth, MD, and colleagues from the department of orthopedic surgery at Stanford University analyzed satisfaction scores from 11,059 patients who rated 24 orthopedic providers from an outpatient orthopedic surgery clinic of a single institution in 2013.
According to the study, practice-related parameters were collected from a provider-reported