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Table 1 Existing hours of weekend cover per allied health profession for included wards at both included hospitals

From: What makes weekend allied health services effective and cost-effective (or not) in acute medical and surgical wards? Perceptions of medical, nursing, and allied health workers

 

Hospital A

Hospital B

Saturday

Sunday

Saturday

Sunday

Physiotherapy

8

12

6–8

6–8

Occupational therapy

3

3

4

_

Speech pathology

3

3

_

_

Dietetics

3

3

_

_

Social work

0.5

0.5

_

_

Allied health assistant

4

4

_

_