Comparing patient characteristics and treatment processes in patients receiving physical therapy in the United States, Israel and the Netherlands: Cross sectional analyses of data from three clinical databases

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Swinkels, Ilse C S ^a   Hart, Dennis L ^b   Deutscher, Daniel ^c   Van Den Bosch, Wil J H ^d   Dekker, Joost ^e   De Bakker, Dinny H ^a   Van Den Ende, Cornelia H M ^f  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b Focus on Therapeutic Outcomes Inc   (United States)

^c MACCABI HEALTHCARE SERVICES   (Israel)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f SINT MAARTENSKLINIEK   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE SPRAIN; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; ISRAEL; KNEE INJURY; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; NECK INJURY; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT CARE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; SHOULDER INJURY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FACTUAL DATABASE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICAL THERAPY (SPECIALTY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 52149086348     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-8-8     Document Type: Article

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