Physiotherapy departments in Australian tertiary hospitals regularly participate in and disseminate research results despite a lack of allocated staff: A prospective cross-sectional survey

Physiotherapy Theory and Practice

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 200-206

  Skinner, Elizabeth H ^a,b,c   Hough, Janet ^a   Wang, Yi Tian ^a   Hough, Catherine R ^a   Southby, Alesha ^a   Snowdon, David A ^a   Sturgess, Tamica ^a   Haines, Terry P ^a,c  

^a SOUTHERN HEALTH   (Australia)

^b WESTERN HEALTH   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Health policy; Health service delivery; Physiotherapy; Research

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; MANPOWER; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLICATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TERTIARY CARE CENTER;

AUSTRALIA; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; PHYSICAL THERAPY SPECIALTY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUBLICATIONS; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84928005413     PISSN: 09593985     EISSN: 15325040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09593985.2014.982775     Document Type: Article

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