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Correlates of Physician Utilization of Physical Therapy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2009

Judith Anderson ,
Suzann K. Campbell  and
H. Garry Gardner
Judith Anderson
Affiliation:
University of Illinois at Chicago
Suzann K. Campbell
Affiliation:
University of Illinois at Chicago
H. Garry Gardner
Affiliation:
DuPage Pediatrics, Ltd.
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Abstract

A survey of 200 physicians explored the relationship between their beliefs in the efficacy of physical therapy (PT) and their use of PT for their patients with cerebral palsy (CP). Results show that utilization of PT is related to physicians' use of PT in general and is inversely related to the percentage of CP in physicians' patient loads, but is not related to their opinions of the value of PT services.

Type
Special Section: Assessing The Technology Of Physical Therapy
Information
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care , Volume 8 , Issue 1 , Winter 1992 , pp. 10 - 19
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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