Community physiotherapy workforce issues.
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CORREsPOnDEnCE TO: Janet Copeland Research and Professional development, new Zealand society of Physiotherapists, PO Box 27386, Wellington, new Zealand janet@physiotherapy. org.nz Although Primary Health Organisations (PHOs) were established to provide coordinated primary health care involving a range of providers, physiotherapy involvement in PHOs is limited. This means that access to physiotherapy services often is not available for the treatment of chronic conditions (such as osteo arthritis of the knee, for which there is good evidence).
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of primary health care
دوره 1 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2009