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Table 4 Rehabilitation workforce distribution between urban and rural settings

From: Rehabilitation workforce descriptors: a scoping review

 

Urban

Rural

Physiotherapy

Anderson, 2005a

80% (n = 5520)

20% (n = 1380)

Bath, 2015a

89% (n = 571)

11% (n = 72)

Physiotherapy, occupational therapy, and speech therapy

Wilson 2009a

PT: 5.09/10 000

OT: 2.47/10 000

ST: 3.5/10 000

PT: 3.55

OT: 1.53

ST: 2.95

Audiology

Coco, 2018a

94% (n = 829)

6% (n = 50)

  1. Legend: PT Physiotherapy, OT Occupational therapy and ST-speech therapy
  2. a High-income countries (HICs)