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Finding the “Right-Size” physical therapy workforce: international perspective across 4 countries

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dc.contributor.authorJesus, Tiago S
dc.contributor.authorKoh, Gerald
dc.contributor.authorLandry, Michel
dc.contributor.authorOng, Peck-Hoon
dc.contributor.authorLopes, António M F
dc.contributor.authorGreen, Peter L
dc.contributor.authorHoenig, Helen
dc.date.accessioned2022-04-01T15:08:48Z
dc.date.available2022-04-01T15:08:48Z
dc.date.issued2016-10-01
dc.description.abstractFinding the “right-size” physical therapy workforce is an increasingly important issue, but it has had limited study, particularly across nations. This perspective article provides a comprehensive examination of physical therapy workforce issues across 4 countries (United States, Singapore, Portugal, and Bangladesh), which were deliberately selected to allow consideration of key contextual factors. This investigation provides a theoretical model uniquely adapted to focus on variables most likely to affect physical therapy workforce needs. This theoretical model was used to guide acquisition of public domain data across the respective countries. The data then were used to provide a contextualized interpretation about the physical therapy workforce supply (ie, physical therapists per capita) across the 4 countries in light of the following factors: indicators of physical therapy need, financial and administrative barriers affecting physical therapy access and demand, the proportion of physical therapy graduates (with varying trends over time across the countries), and the role of emigration/immigration in supply inequalities among countries of lower and higher income. In addition, both the physical therapy workforce supply and scope of practice were analyzed in the context of other related professions across the 4 countries. This international comparison indicated that there may not be a “one-size-fits-all” recommendation for physical therapy workforce supply across countries or an ideal formula for its determination. The optimal, country-specific physical therapy workforce supply appears to be affected by discipline-specific health care and contextual factors that may vary across countries, and even within the same country. This article provides a conceptual framework and basis for such contextualized evaluations of the physical therapy workforce.pt_PT
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpt_PT
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.2522/ptj.20160014pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn1538-6724
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/40019
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherAmerican Physical Therapy Associationpt_PT
dc.subjectPhysical therapy workforcept_PT
dc.subjectUnited Statespt_PT
dc.subjectSingaporept_PT
dc.subjectPortugalpt_PT
dc.subjectBangladeshpt_PT
dc.titleFinding the “Right-Size” physical therapy workforce: international perspective across 4 countriespt_PT
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.endPage1609pt_PT
oaire.citation.issue10pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage1597pt_PT
oaire.citation.titlePhysical Therapypt_PT
oaire.citation.volume96pt_PT
person.familyNameLopes
person.givenNameAntónio M F
person.identifier.orcid0000-0002-4110-8750
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rcaap.typearticlept_PT
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