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The Canadian Physiotherapy Quality of Care Project: Analysis of a Derailed Project

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2009

Carole Miles-tapping  and
G. A. (sandy) Rennie
Carole Miles-tapping
Affiliation:
University of Manitoba
G. A. (sandy) Rennie
Affiliation:
University of Alberta
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Abstract

The Physiotherapy Quality of Care Project was a project of the Canadian Physiotherapy Association, sponsored by the Canadian government to ensure the quality of physiotherapy. A consensus committee of physiotherapy educators and managers developed and tested an instrument to measure changes in patients' functional status during physiotherapy. Despite scientific development and wide distribution, this technology was not adopted. Alternative methods, which were heavily marketed, gained nationwide use instead.

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. 35 - 43
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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