Survey on Demands for Physical Therapists in PT-absent Hospitals in Kochi Prefecture

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  • 高知県下におけるPT未雇用病院に対するニーズの調査

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Questionnaires concerning demand for physical therapists were sent to 296 PT-absent medical institutions in Kochi Prefecture where one of the treatments of orthopedics, internal medicine and physical therapy was performed.<br>Approximately half of the institutions admitted the need for PT, and the prescribed employment number of PT was 71. Many of those institutions wanted to employ “one fresh graduate”, which suggested an increase in number of institutions with only one PT in the future. Regional difference in PT demand was observed, being most required in Kochi city area and extremely least required in the Aki health and treatment area.<br>The reasons for the non-employment of PT were insufficiency of equipment, a small number of patients requiring physical therapy, and unprofitability of the PT treatment.

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  • Physical Therapy Japan

    Physical Therapy Japan 17 (4), 359-364, 1990-07-10

    Japanese Society of Physical Therapy

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