Use of Functional Capacity Evaluations by rehabilitation providers in NSW

Work

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 287-295

  Cotton, Adele ^a,b   Schonstein, Eva ^a   Adams, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assessment; Occupational therapy; Physiotherapy; Work

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; EMPLOYER; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRODUCTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; RESPONSIBILITY; VALIDITY; WORK CAPACITY; WORK DISABILITY; WORK RESUMPTION;

HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; NEW SOUTH WALES; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRES; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION;

EID: 33745434315     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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