Malpractice by physical therapists: Descriptive analysis of reports in the National Practitioner Data Bank Public Use Data File, 1991-2004

Journal of Allied Health

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 201-208

  Sandstrom, Robert ^a  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALPRACTICE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOTHERAPY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DATABASES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALPRACTICE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL THERAPY (SPECIALTY); UNITED STATES;

EID: 38049186815     PISSN: 00907421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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