Advanced practice physiotherapy-led triage in Irish orthopaedic and rheumatology services: national data audit

Table 4 Onward referral destinations of patients following advanced practice physiotherapy assessments

Referral destination	Patients
Referral destination	n (%)
Primary care physiotherapy^a	3568 (22.0)
Hospital physiotherapy^a	3130 (19.3)
Orthopaedic Consultant services^b	2453 (15.8)
Rheumatology Consultant services^b	365 (2.3)
Pain clinic^b	140 (0.9)
Occupational therapy^b	97 (0.6)
Neurosurgery^b	23 (0.1)
Private physiotherapy^a	17 (0.1)
Neurology^b	8 (< 0.1)
Emergency department^b	3 (< 0.1)
Geriatrics^b	1 (< 0.1)
Other^b	291 (1.9)

Database permitted recording of physiotherapy in one column and all other hospital specialities in another. Priority was given to recording of a Consultant Doctor referral. ^aPhysiotherapy valid data = 16,194; ^bOther Hospital Specialty valid data = 15,557

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