Professor, School of Rehabilitation, Physiotherapy Program and School of Public Health, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Montreal; Researcher, Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation, Centre for Public Health Research, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC.
Associate Clinical Professor, University of Montreal, Department of Rheumatology, Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital, Montreal, QC.
Healthc Policy. 2020 Nov;16(2):101-110. doi: 10.12927/hcpol.2020.26350.
We surveyed Canadian rheumatologists regarding beliefs about physical therapists' (PTs) ability to refer patients appropriately to rheumatologists and whether they would accept such referrals. Most (86.9%) believed that PTs can appropriately refer to rheumatologists. However, only 48.2% of rheumatologists would be very or extremely likely to accept a referral from a PT they knew, and 23.5% would accept a referral from a PT they did not know. Conversely, 90.5% would accept a referral from a PT if they could bill it as a full consult. We conclude that being able to bill PT referrals as full consults may potentially enhance the acceptance of PT referrals.
我们调查了加拿大风湿病学家对物理治疗师（PT）适当转诊患者给风湿病学家的能力的看法，以及他们是否会接受此类转诊。大多数（86.9%）认为 PT 能够适当转诊给风湿病学家。然而，只有 48.2%的风湿病学家非常或极有可能接受他们认识的 PT 的转诊，23.5%的风湿病学家会接受他们不认识的 PT 的转诊。相反，如果 PT 的转诊可以全额计费，90.5%的风湿病学家会接受转诊。我们的结论是，能够将 PT 转诊全额计费可能会潜在地提高对 PT 转诊的接受度。
