Referral of patients with neuromuscular disease to occupational therapy, physical therapy and speech therapy: Usual practice versus multidisciplinary advice

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 717-726

  Cup, Edith H C ^a   Pieterse, Allan J ^a   Knuijt, Simone ^a   Hendricks, Henk T ^a   van Engelen, Baziel G M ^a   Oostendorp, Rob A B ^a   van der Wilt, Gert Jan ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Allied health care; Neuromuscular diseases; Occupational therapy; Physiotherapy; Referral practices; Resource utilization; Speech therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT FORM 36; SPEECH THERAPY; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPEECH THERAPY;

EID: 34247644919     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280600926702     Document Type: Article

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