Physiotherapy services in patient care in Bhutan.
Evidence-based practice
Holistic health
Human resources development
Physical and rehabilitation medicine
Physiotherapy specialty
Journal
Human resources for health
ISSN: 1478-4491
Titre abrégé: Hum Resour Health
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101170535
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
03 09 2021
03 09 2021
Historique:
received:
04
03
2021
accepted:
25
08
2021
entrez:
4
9
2021
pubmed:
5
9
2021
medline:
25
11
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Physiotherapy and rehabilitative services are an integral part of patient care, but in many developing countries they are not considered a priority and are either not available or not easily accessible to those who need them. Bhutan is one such country where healthcare is provided free of cost to all, but as of 2021 physiotherapy services were available only in 26 of 48 hospitals and 19 of 20 districts. The number of physiotherapy professionals per 10,000 population is 1.4 with significant rates of attrition. There is lack of awareness among patients and other health professionals about physiotherapy and rehabilitation services. The country needs to integrate physiotherapy and rehabilitation services into the overall health policy framework and develop proper planning of human resources and infrastructure to meet the current and future demands.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34479592
doi: 10.1186/s12960-021-00649-1
pii: 10.1186/s12960-021-00649-1
pmc: PMC8414470
doi:
Types de publication
Letter
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
107Informations de copyright
© 2021. The Author(s).
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