Nurse Practitioners
PROJECTED: In 2013, Health and Human Services (HHS) projected that the current 57,000 licensed NPs in the U.S. would trend to 110,500 by 2025.
REALITY:
240,000
Licensed NPs in 2018
31%
Rate of cumulative growth to 2026, as predicted by Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
1.9%
Percentage of APPs that have been named as primary defendant in an MPL case (rates remain low)
Physician Assistants
PROJECTED: In 2013, HHS projected that the then-current 33,000 licensed PAs in the U.S. would trend to 59,000 by 2025.
REALITY:
166,000
Licensed PAs in 2017
37%
Rate of cumulative growth to 2026, as predicted by Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
Source: American Association of Nurse Practitioners, Department of Health and Human Services, Bureau of Labor Statistics