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Salisbury, C, Foster, NE, Bishop, A, Calnan, M, Coast, J, Hall, J, Hay, E, Hollinghurst, S, Hopper, C, Grove, S, Kaur, S and Montgomery, A (2009) 'PhysioDirect' telephone assessment and advice services for physiotherapy: protocol for a pragmatic randomised controlled trial. BMC Health Services Research, 9. 136 -?. ISSN 1472-6963
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Abstract
Providing timely access to physiotherapy has long been a problem for the National Health Service in the United Kingdom. In an attempt to improve access some physiotherapy services have introduced a new treatment pathway known as PhysioDirect. Physiotherapists offer initial assessment and advice by telephone, supported by computerised algorithms, and patients are sent written self-management and exercise advice by post. They are invited for face-to-face treatment only when necessary. Although several such services have been developed, there is no robust evidence regarding clinical and cost-effectiveness, nor the acceptability of PhysioDirect.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | physiotherapy, referral and consultation |
Subjects: | R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine |
Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Primary Care Health Sciences |
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Depositing User: | Symplectic |
Date Deposited: | 19 Nov 2014 16:28 |
Last Modified: | 05 Jul 2018 14:22 |
URI: | https://eprints.keele.ac.uk/id/eprint/65 |