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Table 1 Healthcare services for intervention and control groups

From: More cost-effective management of patients with musculoskeletal disorders in primary care after direct triaging to physiotherapists for initial assessment compared to initial general practitioner assessment

 

Intervention

N = 27

TAU

N = 26

P-value

Physiotherapist, n (%)

12 (44)

10 (38)

0.649

GP, n (%)

7 (26)

4 (15)

0.242

Referrals, n (%)

1 (4)

7 (27)

0.019

Prescriptions, n (%)

7 (26)

9 (35)

0.516

Sick-notes, n (%)

4 (15)

4 (15)

1.000

  1. Intervention = Initially triaged to physiotherapists. TAU = Treatment as usual (initially triaged to GPs). Physiotherapist and GP = number of cases with visits after the triage visit. Referrals, prescriptions, sick-notes = number of cases receiving MSD-related referrals, prescriptions or sick-notes from GPs during 1 year from the triage visit
  2. Significant values shown in boldface