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Percentage distribution of episode duration of health problem for patients treated by a physical therapist in 2005, for the United States (FOTO), Israel (Maccabi) and the Netherlands (LiPZ), for the total patient population, patients treated for their lumbar spine and patients with ankle sprain |
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| Total population1 |
FOTO |
Maccabi |
LiPZ |
P |
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| Acute (0 – 21 days/1 month)2 |
18.4 |
14.3 |
38.0 |
<0.001 |
| Sub acute (21 days/1 month – 3 months)3 |
28.4 |
31.2 |
26.7 |
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| Chronic (>3 months) |
53.2 |
54.5 |
35.2 |
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| Number of patients (abs.) |
62,713 |
84,523 |
10,793 |
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| Lumbar spine treated4 |
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| Acute (0 – 21 days/1 month) |
20.4 |
11.2 |
49.9 |
<0.001 |
| Sub acute (21 days/1 month – 3 months)3 |
24.4 |
25.5 |
23.9 |
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| Chronic (>3 months) |
55.2 |
63.3 |
26.1 |
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| Number of patients (abs.) |
18,873 |
19,809 |
1,950 |
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| Treated for ankle sprain5 |
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| Acute (0 – 21 days/1 month) |
33.9 |
31.2 |
74.5 |
<0.001 |
| Sub acute (21 days/1 month – 3 months)3 |
41.3 |
41.6 |
16.1 |
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| Chronic (>3 months) |
24.8 |
27.2 |
9.4 |
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| Number of patients (abs.) |
472 |
1,361 |
149 |
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1 Missing values FOTO: 85; Maccabi: 15,016, LiPZ: 1,400 2 Within FOTO and Maccabi: 0 to 21 days; within LiPZ 0 days to 1 month 3 Within FOTO and Maccabi 21 days to 3 months; within LiPZ 1 to 3 months 4 Missing values FOTO: 5; Maccabi: 2,357, LiPZ: 107 5 Missing values FOTO: 0; Maccabi: 102, LiPZ: 6 | ||||
Swinkels et al. BMC Health Services Research 2008 8:163 doi:10.1186/1472-6963-8-163 |
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