Hospital-Based Outpatient Direct Access to Physical Therapist Services: Current Status in Wisconsin

Tables

Table 5.

Physical Therapist Services Offered via the Direct Access Model (n=20)

Table 6.

Reported Obstacles to Direct Access Utilization (n=19)^{^a}

↵^a n=19; 1 respondent did not answer the survey questions inquiring about obstacles to model utilization.
^b Number of respondents indicating that the factor hinders current utilization of direct access services (scoring 4 or 5 on a 5-point Likert scale).
^c Number of respondents indicating a neutral response regarding whether the factor hinders current utilization of direct access services (scoring 3 on a 5-point Likert scale).
^d Number of respondents indicating that the factor does not hinder current utilization of direct access services (scoring 1 or 2 on a 5-point Likert scale).
^e n=15; 5 respondents did not answer this question.

Table 2.

Reported Obstacles to Direct Access Implementation

^a n=20 because one survey respondent did not answer the survey questions inquiring about obstacles to model implementation. The facility in the implementation process is included here.
^b n=25 because one survey respondent did not answer the survey questions inquiring about obstacles to model implementation.
^c Number of respondents scoring 4 or 5 on a 5-point Likert scale.
^d Number of respondents scoring 3 on a 5-point Likert scale.
^e Number of respondents scoring 1 or 2 on a 5-point Likert scale.
^f This survey question was answered only by respondents representing facilities that have not implemented a direct access model.
^g n=24 for facilities without direct access because one respondent did not answer this question.
^h n=16 for facilities with direct access because 4 respondents did not answer this question.

Table 3.

Resources Utilized During Direct Access Implementation and Perceived Usefulness of the Resources During Future Direct Access Implementation

^a n=21; includes the one facility that had approved the direct access model but was still in the implementation process.
^b Data represent the usefulness of resources as perceived by survey respondents representing facilities without direct access. Two respondents did not answer survey questions regarding resource utilization; therefore, n=24.
^c Number of respondents scoring 1 or 2 on a 5-point Likert scale.
^d Number of respondents scoring 3 on a 5-point Likert scale.
^e Number of respondents scoring 4 or 5 on a 5-point Likert scale.
^f n=23 for “Perceived usefulness of resources during future direct access implementation.”
^g n=20 for “Resources utilized during direct access implementation.”

Table 4.

Reasons for Implementing a Direct Access Model (n=21)^{^a}

↵^a n=21; includes the one facility that had approved the direct access model but was still in the process of implementation.

Table 1.

Hospital and Medical Center Demographics (n=47)

^a n=21; includes the one facility that had approved the direct access model but was in the process of implementation.

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- eAppendix. Survey for Wisconsin Hospitals and Health Systems: Status of Outpatient Direct Access to Physical Therapist Services