Table 3.
Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary collaboration
| N | % | |
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| Do people providing different types of therapy sometimes treat the same patients? | ||
| Yes | 145 | 61 |
| No | 38 | 16 |
| I don’t know/blank | 56 | 23 |
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| Do two or more providers work together to design a patient’s rehabilitation plan? | ||
| Yes | 104 | 44 |
| No | 107 | 45 |
| I don’t know/Blank | 28 | 12 |
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| If so, how do they communicate? | ||
| Regular Meetings | 42 | 40 |
| Informal Conversations | 34 | 33 |
| Written Communication | 35 | 34 |
| Other + Blank | 4 | 3.8 |
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| What is the frequency of regular meetings? | ||
| at least weekly | 15 | 36 |
| monthly | 22 | 52 |
| other+blank | 5 | 12 |
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| Who attends these meetings? | ||
| Attending physician | 14 | 33 |
| Physiatrist | 23 | 55 |
| PT | 29 | 69 |
| OT | 23 | 55 |
| SLP | 20 | 48 |
| Nurse | 5 | 12 |
| Other | 5 | 12 |
| I don’t Know/Blank | 4 | 9.5 |