TY - JOUR
T1 - The relationship between physician assistant program costs and student tuition and fees
AU - Essary, Alison
AU - Leafman, Joan
AU - Wallace, Lisa
AU - Asprey, David
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Purpose: Leaders in medical and physician assistant (PA) education are faced with reduced sources of funding, tuition increases, and enrollment expansion, while students compete for the same pool of federal aid. The amount of research on the cost of education for both PA students and education programs is minimal. Methods: This retrospective analysis of Physician Assistant Education Association (PAEA) data, 2008-2011, examined the relationship between PA program costs and student tuition and fees. Statistical analyses included descriptive and parametric testing. Results: Analyses suggest that PA programs rely on student tuition and fees as a significant source of program revenue. Statistical significance was found for mean annual comparisons, 2008-2011. Conclusion: Based on trends in medical education, the burgeoning debt crisis among medical graduates, and rapid changes in the health care environment, it would benefit the PA community to complete additional research on student debt load, cost of education, and allocation of program revenue.
AB - Purpose: Leaders in medical and physician assistant (PA) education are faced with reduced sources of funding, tuition increases, and enrollment expansion, while students compete for the same pool of federal aid. The amount of research on the cost of education for both PA students and education programs is minimal. Methods: This retrospective analysis of Physician Assistant Education Association (PAEA) data, 2008-2011, examined the relationship between PA program costs and student tuition and fees. Statistical analyses included descriptive and parametric testing. Results: Analyses suggest that PA programs rely on student tuition and fees as a significant source of program revenue. Statistical significance was found for mean annual comparisons, 2008-2011. Conclusion: Based on trends in medical education, the burgeoning debt crisis among medical graduates, and rapid changes in the health care environment, it would benefit the PA community to complete additional research on student debt load, cost of education, and allocation of program revenue.
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U2 - 10.1097/01367895-201425010-00004
DO - 10.1097/01367895-201425010-00004
M3 - Article
C2 - 24765806
AN - SCOPUS:84898436704
SN - 1941-9430
VL - 25
SP - 29
EP - 32
JO - Journal of Physician Assistant Education
JF - Journal of Physician Assistant Education
IS - 1
ER -