The introduction of Medicare Benefits Schedule items for allied health professionals in 2004 was a pivotal event in the public funding of non-medical primary care services. This commentary seeks to provide supplementary discussion of the article by Menz (Utilisation of podiatry services in Australia under the Medicare Enhanced Primary Care program, 2004-2008 Journal of Foot and Ankle Research 2...

BACKGROUND Policy that supports rural allied health service delivery is important given the shortage of services outside of Australian metropolitan centres. The shortage of allied health professionals means that rural clinicians work long hours and have little peer or service support. Service delivery to rural and remote communities is further complicated because relatively small numbers of cli...

In 1995, the Division of Allied Health at the Women's and Children's Hospital Adelaide (WCH) began a process of critical review of its service delivery models and organisational structure in order better to meet the vision and values of the WCH and the needs of consumers. This paper describes the change management process. Barriers to and facilitators of change are highlighted. The outcomes of ...

OBJECTIVE To examine the effect of a weekend hospitalization on the timing and incidence of intensive cardiac procedures, and on subsequent expenditures, mortality and readmission rates for Medicare patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). DATA SOURCES The primary data are longitudinal, administrative claims for 922,074 elderly, non-rural, fee-for-service Medicare benefic...

The purposes of this article are to (1) review the literature on students with disabilities (SWD) in higher education with a particular focus on allied health and related professions, and (2) propose an analytical decision-making model for assessing students' needs and providing reasonable accommodations in allied health education. Increasing numbers of SWD are entering higher education, but th...

J. P. Barfield, D. C. Cobler, Eddie T. C. Lam, James Zhang, and George Chitiyo Department of Exercise Science, Physical Education and Wellness, Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville, Tennessee; Department of Physical Education, Emory and Henry College, Emory, Virginia; Department of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio; Department of Kine...