Table 2.
Patient clinical outcomes following new and return advanced practice physiotherapy appointments
| Patient appointment type | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clinical Outcome | New | Return | 95% Confidence Interval | |
| (n = 13,981) | (n = 2596) | (n = 16,577) | ||
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||
| Clinical Investigationsa | 4256 (30.4) | 604 (23.3) | 4860 (29.3) | 28.6–30.0 |
| Injections | 499 ( 3.6) | 186 (7.2) | 685 (4.1) | 3.8–4.4 |
| Surgical listingb | 263 ( 1.9) | 141 (5.4) | 404 (2.4) | 2.2–2.6 |
| Consultant servicesc | 2205 (17.0) | 619 (23.9) | 2824 (18.2) | 17.6–18.8 |
| Physiotherapyd | 6220 (45.5) | 495 (19.7) | 6715 (41.5) | 40.7–42.3 |
| (n = 5976) | (n = 1033) | (n = 7009) | ||
| Clinical Imaginge | 1663 (27.8) | 202 (19.6) | 1865 (26.6) | 25.6–27.6 |
aInvestigations include imaging; bSurgical listing includes guided injections (valid data for: new = 13,980; total = 15,656); cConsultant services include both orthopaedic and rheumatology Consultants (valid data for new = 12,970; return = 2587; total = 15,557); d Physiotherapy includes hospital, primary care, and private services (valid data for: new = 13,681; return = 2513; total = 16,194); eImaging data recorded for latter five months in 2014