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6462184

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6323
pubmed:dateCreated
1982-7-19
pubmed:abstractText
Open access to a physiotherapy outpatient department of a district general hospital was offered to general practitioners to whom domiciliary physiotherapy was already available. The effects of the new service have been monitored. Delays are reduced and consultants economise on time spent in merely confirming need for physiotherapy. Policies determining treatment, placing emphasis on prevention and self-help rather than prolonged treatment, are adhered to equally well by physiotherapists whether patients are referred directly or indirectly. It had proved unnecessary to restrict access to physiotherapy by insisting that general practitioners refer all patients first to consultant clinics. General practitioners have been sufficiently selective in referral and physiotherapists sufficiently economical in selecting treatment and determining its duration for the service to remain within the limits of available resources.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0267-0623
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
17
pubmed:volume
284
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1173-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1982
pubmed:articleTitle
Making physiotherapy more accessible: open access for general practitioners to a physiotherapy department.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article