Self referral to physiotherapy and other services would empower patients and doctorsWe should make direct access easy when the benefits outweigh the risksdoi:10.1136/bmj.h6977RiggareSaraBMJ (online)
Self-referral, access and physiotherapy: patients' knowledge and attitudes - results of a national trial. Physiotherapy 2008; 94(2): 141-149.Webster V, Holdsworth L, McFadyen A, Little H., Self-referral, access and physiotherapy: patients' knowledge and attitudes-results of a national trial,...
However, the rate of self-referral in the long-term future is impossible to predict.doi:10.1016/j.physio.2005.11.003Lesley K. HoldsworthValerie S. WebsterAngus K. McFadyenElsevier LtdPhysiotherapyHoldsworth LK, Webster VS, McFadyen AK, The Scottish Physiotherapy Self Referral Study Group (2006) ...
Holdsworth LK, Webster VS, McFadyen AK: What are the costs to NHS Scotland of self-referral to physiotherapy? Results of a national trial. Physiotherapy 2007, 93:311.Holdsworth LK,WebsterVS, McFadyen AK.What are the costs to NHS Scotland of self-referral to physiotherapy? Results of a ...
Self-referral to physiotherapy has potential socioeconomic implications for the individual and the health system. The results show (p < 0.05) that attitudes do not differ concerning sex, level of education or the number of previously attended cycles of physiotherapy. Still, increas...
PhysiotherapyKneeAnkleObjectives To determine patient characteristics, frequency of use, type of symptoms and treatment outcomes in patients with knee or ankle symptoms, separately, for patients referred by their general practitioner (GP) and patients who self-referred.Lankhorst, N. E.Barten, J. A....
Patient self referral to physiother- apy in general practice - a model for the new N.H.S.? Physiotherapy 1999;85:13-20.Ferguson A, Griffin E, Mulcahy C. Patient self-referral to physiotherapy in general practice: A model for the new NHS? Physiother. 1999; 85 :13–20....
Self-referral for neurological outpatient physiotherapydoi:10.1016/j.physio.2016.10.109G. DaviesH. TomosPhysiotherapy
NHS-associated cost data were collated over a full year by referral type, i.e. self-referral, GP-suggested and GP-referral groups. A cost-minimisation analysis was performed and the main outcome measures were the number of GP and physiotherapy contacts, prescribing of non-steroidal anti-...
PhysiotherapyStokes E, Bury T. Direct access and patient/client self-referral to physiotherapy: a review of contemporary practice within the European Union. Submitted. 2012.Bury TJ, Stokes EK. Direct access and patient/client self-referral to physiotherapy: a review of contemporary practice within ...