A comparative case study of prescribing and non-prescribing physiotherapists and podiatrists

Carey, Nicola; Edwards, Judith; Otter, Simon; Gage, Heather; Williams, Peter; Courtenay, Molly; Moore, Ann; Stenner, Karen

doi:10.1186/s12913-020-05918-8

BMC Health Services Research

Table 2 Characteristics of the sites and Physiotherapists and Podiatrists

From: A comparative case study of prescribing and non-prescribing physiotherapists and podiatrists

Pair	Case study site	No. Patients Recruited	Type of PP	Job Title	Setting	Location in England *	Age	Salary band	Full or part time < 30 h in practice	Education highest	Single or multi-professional team	Patient questionnaire 1	Follow up- Patient Questionnaire2	Prescriptions
1	1	49	PO-IP	General/Private	Private	London	71	8a	Full time	Doctorate	single	40	N/A	0
1	2	46	PO-NP	General/Private	Private	London	47	12	Full time	Masters	single	35	N/A	n/a
2	3	33	PO-IP	Specialist	Secondary care, NHS In/outpatient	Wessex	41	7	Full time	Masters	multi-professional	22	19	6
2	8	37	PO-NP	Specialist	NHS primary & secondary (& private)	Kent, Surrey, Sussex	39	6	Full-time	Degree	single	25	22	n/a
3	10	51	PO-IP	Surgeon/consultant	NHS secondary (& private)	Oxford	59	9	Full time	Masters	multi-professional	32	38	3
3	6	42	PO-NP	Surgeon/consultant	NHS secondary	North East & North Cumbria	47	9	Part-time	Masters	multi-professional	26	23	n/a
4	7	6	PT-IP	Specialist	Community	London	31	7	Part-time	Masters	multi-professional	25	N/A	0
4	4	11	PT-NP	Specialist	NHS Primary, Community care	Kent, Surrey, Sussex	47	8a	Full time	Masters	multi-professional	25	N/A	n/a
5	9	42	PT-IP	Specialist	Primary, community Social enterprise	Kent, Surrey, Sussex	46	8a	Full time	Diploma	multi-professional	2	2	3
5	5	38	PT-NP	Surgeon/consultant	Tier 2 NHS ESP assessment service	Wessex	42	8a	Part-time	Doctorate	multi-professional	6	3	n/a
6	11	41	PT-IP	Specialist	Acute Foundation Trust	Northwest coast	58	8a	Full time	Masters	multi-professional	27	29	0
6	12	35	PT-NP	Surgeon/consultant	NHS secondary care	Kent, Surrey, Sussex	48	8c	Full time	Masters	multi-professional	19	23	n/a
7	13	21	PT-IP	Specialist	NHS primary & community Social enterprise	Kent, Surrey, Sussex	52	8a	Full time	Masters	multi-professional	8	16	3
7	14	36	PT-NP	Specialist	Primary & community Social enterprise	Kent, Surrey, Sussex	38	8a	Full time	Masters	multi-professional	23	20	n/a
Totals		488										315	195	15

Job title: Surgeon/Consultant (consultant physiotherapists, consultant podiatric surgeons) General/Private (physiotherapists practitioners, physiotherapists, podiatrists)
Specialist (e.g. Clinical specialist physiotherapists, extended scope physiotherapist clinical specialist podiatrists, clinical lead or senior podiatrists)

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