Economic Evaluation of Patient Direct Access to NHS Physiotherapy Services

Our aim was to undertake an economic evaluation of patient direct access to physiotherapy in the UK NHS by comparing the number of patients treated, waiting time, cost and health gain from a direct access pathway versus traditional GP-referral to NHS physiotherapy.

Source: Physiotherapy - January 8, 2021 Category: Physiotherapy Authors: Miaoqing Yang, Annette Bishop, Jon Sussex, Martin Roland, Sue Jowett, Ed Wilson Source Type: research