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Table 5 Supply of professions (not included in national ratios)

From: Rehabilitation workforce descriptors: a scoping review

Author, Year

Province or State

PT

OT

ST

AU

Anderson, 2005

NSW, Australia

n = 718

Not reported

Wilson, 2009

USA a

4.28/ 10 000

2.67/ 10 000

2.94/ 10 000

 

Shah, 2015

Saskatchewan, Canada

4.6/ 10 000 b

(n = 615)

Not reported

Bath, 2015

Saskatchewan, Canada

5.97/ 10 000

(n = 617)

Not reported

Barrett, 2015

Queensland, Australia c

44.5%

(n = 53)

36.8%

(n = 43.8)

18.82%

(n = 22.4)

 

Coco, 2018 d

Arizona, USA

Not reported

4.25/ 10 000 e (n = 332)

  1. Legend: PT Physiotherapy, OT Occupational therapy, ST Speech therapy, AU Audiology, NSW New South Wales and USA-United States of America
  2. Ratios per 10 000 population; a Health shortage areas population, b PHC population, c General inpatient rehabilitation beds, d Audiologists registered to issue hearing aids, e Population ≥ 65 with hearing loss