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. 2020 Mar 24;11(3):152–161. doi: 10.5306/wjco.v11.i3.152

Table 5.

Multi-disciplinary access (%)

Health professional Urgent access Routine access No access Don't know
Geriatrician 24.8 (118/475) 48.0 (228/475) 19.4 (92/475) 7.8 (37/475)
Medical physician 41.3 (191/462) 37.2 (172/462) 16.2 (75/462) 5.2 (24/462)
Single organ specialists 43.6 (203/466) 44.2 (206/466) 7.5 (35/466) 4.7 (22/466)
General practitioners 39.9 (188/471) 49.5 (233/471) 7.2 (34/471) 3.4 (16/471)
Physiotherapists 42.9 (204/476) 47.1 (224/476) 5.9 (28/476) 4.2 (20/476)
Occupational therapists 37.2 (178/479) 52.0 (249/479) 6.1 (29/479) 4.8 (23/479)
Dietician 38.9 (186/478) 54.0 (258/478) 4.2 (20/478) 2.9 (14/478)
Social workers 24.7 (116/470) 58.9 (277/470) 9.8 (46/470) 6.6 (31/470)
Psychological 26.5 (126/475) 56.8 (270/475) 11.8 (56/475) 4.9 (23/475)
Older peoples nurse 17.3 (82/473) 31.3 (148/473) 33.6 (159/473) 17.8 (84/473)
Psychiatry 16.5 (78/473) 47.1 (223/473) 21.8 (103/473) 14.6 (69/473)
Palliative care 78.7 (377/479) 19.2 (92/479) 0.6 (3/479) 1.5 (7/479)