Physiotherapy with older people: Calculating staffing need

Physiotherapy

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 58-64

  Squires, Amanda ^a,b   Hastings, Margaret ^b,c  

^a Greenwich Healthcare Trust   (United Kingdom)

^b AGILE   (United Kingdom)

^c NHS GREATER GLASGOW AND CLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Older people; Physiotherapy; Staffing needs

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAFF;

EID: 0031054393     PISSN: 00319406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9406(05)65576-9     Document Type: Article

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