Table 3 Physician assistants/associates who agreed or strongly agreed with the following value of certification items and associated characteristics
| Â | Helps with the credentialing process at my hospital or institution | Helps me to advance professionally | Helps me to better compete with other providers such as NPs for clinical positions | Helps with my professional liability insurance | Provides no value to me as a PA | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All No. (%) | 7547 (69.2) | 6326 (58.1) | 5661 (51.9) | 5076 (46.6) | 1925 (17.7) | |||||
Characteristic | No. (%) | P value | No. (%) | P value | No. (%) | P value | No. (%) | P value | No. (%) | P value |
Age |  | .035 |  | < .001 |  | < .001 |  | < .001 |  | < .001 |
 Less than 35 | 1898 (70.0) |  | 1833 (67.6) |  | 1585 (58.4) |  | 1379 (50.9) |  | 368 (13.6) |  |
 35–44 | 2619 (67.7) |  | 2206 (57.1) |  | 2022 (52.2) |  | 1836 (47.5) |  | 665 (17.2) |  |
 45–54 | 1783 (70.9) |  | 1321 (52.5) |  | 1237 (49.2) |  | 1113 (44.2) |  | 497 (19.8) |  |
 55 +  | 1247 (69.3) |  | 966 (53.6) |  | 817 (45.3) |  | 748 (41.6) |  | 395 (22.0) |  |
Gender |  | < .001 |  | .312 |  | .820 |  | .011 |  |  < .001 |
 Female | 5096 (68.0) |  | 4380 (58.4) |  | 3902 (52.0) |  | 3555 (47.4) |  | 1182 (15.8) |  |
 Male | 2451 (72.2) |  | 1946 (57.4) |  | 1759 (51.7) |  | 1521 (44.8) |  | 743 (21.9) |  |
Race |  | .423 |  | < .001 |  | < .001 |  | .002 |  | .004 |
 White | 6192 (69.1) |  | 5164 (57.7) |  | 4628 (51.7) |  | 4163 (46.5) |  | 1514 (16.9) |  |
 Asian | 342 (69.8) |  | 339 (69.5) |  | 298 (60.8) |  | 267 (54.5) |  | 113 (23.1) |  |
 Black/African American | 224 (73.4) |  | 200 (64.9) |  | 179 (58.3) |  | 134 (43.5) |  | 60 (19.5) |  |
 Other | 267 (68.3) |  | 230 (58.5) |  | 206 (52.4) |  | 197 (50.3) |  | 65 (16.6) |  |
Ethnicity | Â | .669 | Â | .172 | Â | .551 | Â | .136 | Â | .505 |
 Non-Hispanic/Latino | 7052 (69.2) |  | 5902 (57.9) |  | 5290 (51.9) |  | 4726 (46.4) |  | 1809 (17.8) |  |
 Hispanic/Latino | 427 (70.1) |  | 371 (60.8) |  | 325 (53.2) |  | 302 (49.6) |  | 101 (16.6) |  |
Specialty |  | < .001 |  | < .001 |  | < .001 |  | < .001 |  | .002 |
 Primary Care | 1684 (67.2) |  | 1520 (60.6) |  | 1336 (53.2) |  | 1239 (49.4) |  | 391 (15.6) |  |
 Surgery–Subspecialties | 1399 (74.6) |  | 1021 (54.3) |  | 938 (50.0) |  | 850 (45.4) |  | 380 (20.3) |  |
 Emergency Medicine | 923 (76.5) |  | 767 (63.7) |  | 708 (58.6) |  | 640 (53.2) |  | 206 (17.1) |  |
 Internal Medicine–Subspecialties | 752 (72.6) |  | 616 (59.4) |  | 542 (52.2) |  | 473 (45.8) |  | 179 (17.3) |  |
 Dermatology | 298 (55.7) |  | 281 (52.6) |  | 264 (49.5) |  | 262 (48.8) |  | 116 (21.6) |  |
 Surgery—General | 221 (75.4) |  | 167 (57.0) |  | 150 (51.2) |  | 121 (41.4) |  | 47 (16.0) |  |
 Hospital Medicine | 196 (75.1) |  | 177 (67.3) |  | 140 (53.2) |  | 120 (45.6) |  | 50 (19.0) |  |
 Pain Medicine | 128 (64.0) |  | 110 (55.6) |  | 101 (50.5) |  | 91 (45.5) |  | 38 (19.1) |  |
 Psychiatry | 123 (63.1) |  | 97 (49.7) |  | 95 (48.7) |  | 94 (48.2) |  | 44 (22.6) |  |
 Occupational Medicine | 116 (66.3) |  | 103 (59.2) |  | 86 (49.1) |  | 66 (37.7) |  | 33 (19.0) |  |
 Obstetrics and Gynecology | 96 (67.6) |  | 81 (56.6) |  | 66 (46.2) |  | 73 (51.0) |  | 28 (19.6) |  |
 Pediatrics-Subspecialties | 103 (75.7) |  | 76 (55.9) |  | 72 (52.9) |  | 59 (43.4) |  | 16 (11.8) |  |
 Critical Care Medicine | 77 (64.2) |  | 78 (65.5) |  | 70 (58.8) |  | 54 (45.0) |  | 25 (20.8) |  |
 Other | 1260 (64.5) |  | 1081 (55.3) |  | 970 (49.6) |  | 822 (42.0) |  | 321 (16.4) |  |