Physical therapy counts: counting physical therapists worldwide
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Physical therapy counts: counting physical therapists worldwide
Background It is evident that if something is not counted, and physical therapists (PTs) are not generally counted in international health statistics, no one knows how many there are, neither can they measure their contribution to population health or monitor their migration. The World Health Report [1] provides statistics on doctors and nurses primarily. Few data are reported on other health p...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Health Services Research
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1472-6963
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-14-s2-o23