Resources

References

Below, you will find some references to current studies that address some of the opportunities that exist with direct access to physiotherapy/physical therapy services.

• Advanced Practice Physiotherapy in Ontario
• Direct Access to Physical Therapy in the Netherlands: Results From the First Year in Community-Based Physical Therapy
• A primary health approach to treating soft tissue injuries
• Diagnostic and treatment concordance between a physiotherapist and an orthopedic surgeon
• Easing the burden for joint replacement wait times
• Reducing hip and knee replacement wait times
• Are patients who refer themselves to physiotherapy different from those referred by GPs? (UK)
• Direct Access to Physiotherapy in Primary Care (UK)
• What are the costs to the NHS Scotland of self-referral to physiotherapy? (UK)
• Self-referral to physiotherapy: deprivation and geographical settings
• Physiotherapists' and general practitioners' views of self-referral and physiotherapy scope of practice
• Self-referral access and physiotherapy: patients' knowledge and attitudes

Additional Links

• Strategic Solutions: Optimizing Physiotherapists' Capacity in Ontario's Health care System: Physiotherapy Scope of Practice Review 2008
• Self-Referral Implementation Tools
• Self Referral Physio Info: A collection of resources for physiotherapist on patient self-referral.