Differences between metropolitan and country public hospital allied health services.
This paper compares patient and episode characteristics in allied health services delivered in country and metropolitan hospitals. Eight public hospitals (46 allied health services) participated in the study (three country and five metropolitan sites, situated in South Australia, Queensland and Tasm...
| Publicado en: | Australian Journal of Rural Health Vol. 6; no. 4; pp. 181 - 189 |
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| Formato: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Nov98
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=107191186&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 107191186 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 10385282 FQO jtl: Australian Journal of Rural Health issn: 10385282 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: Nov98 vid: 6 iid: 4 pid: 480 pub: Wiley-Blackwell place: Malden, Massachusetts artinfo: ui: 107191186 1999041261 10.1111/j.1440-1584.1998.tb00310.x NLM9919074 107191186 ppf: 181 ppct: 8 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Differences between metropolitan and country public hospital allied health services. aug: au: Grimmer K Bowman P affil: Director, Centre for Physiotherapy Research, School of Physiotherapy, University of South Australia, North Terrace, SA 5000, Australia; e-mail: karen.grimmer@unisa.edu.au sug: subj: Ancillary Services, Hospital Australia Funding Source Australia Comparative Studies Hospitals, Public Australia Hospitals, Urban Australia Data Collection Methods Questionnaires Data Analysis, Statistical Physical Therapy Occupational Therapy Speech-Language Pathology Neuropsychology Audiology Nutrition Services Social Work Service Child, Preschool Child Adolescence Adult Middle Age Aged Outpatients Human Child, Preschool: 2-5 years Child: 6-12 years Adolescent: 13-18 years Adult: 19-44 years Middle Aged: 45-64 years Aged: 65+ years ab: This paper compares patient and episode characteristics in allied health services delivered in country and metropolitan hospitals. Eight public hospitals (46 allied health services) participated in the study (three country and five metropolitan sites, situated in South Australia, Queensland and Tasmania). Standardised rates of patient throughput were similar for country and metropolitan allied health services, despite smaller numbers of country staff providing services to larger geographical areas. Although the differences were not significant, country patients were generally older and had more chronic conditions than metropolitan patients. Fewer country patients than metropolitan patients were eligible for rebates in the private sector. In addition, fewer alternative services were available in country communities, which heightened the role of the public hospital outpatients services within the community. This paper provides an argument for similar funding arrangements for country and metropolitan ambulatory allied health services. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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