Musculoskeletal patients’ preferences for care from physiotherapists or support workers: a discrete choice experiment
Findings highlight that patients treated by support workers are likely to choose to be treated by support workers again if the other service characteristics are as good or better compared to a service where treatment is provided only by physiotherapists. Findings have implications for the design of physiotherapy services to enhance patient experience when patients are treated by support workers. The findings will contribute to the development of "best practice" recommendations to guide physiotherapists in delegating clinical work to physiotherapy support workers for patients with musculoskeletal conditions.
Authors
- Luis Enrique Loría‐Rebolledo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1391-6478)
- Sue Jowett (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8936-3745)
- Nadine E. Foster (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4429-9756)
- P. Sarigiovannis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7960-1500)
- Benjamin Saunders (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0856-1596)
Institutions
- University of Aberdeen (GB)
- Metro South Health (AU)
- Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Arthritis UK (GB)
- Keele University (GB)
- University of Birmingham (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Health Services Research
- Published
- 2024-09-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-024-11585-w
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.85
Funders
- National Institute for Health and Care Research
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Medical Research Council
- National Health and Medical Research Council