Open Access<p>Incidence of Free of Charge Physiotherapy in a Danish National Cohort of Stroke, Parkinson’s Disease, Multiple Sclerosis and Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients</p>
Author(s) -
Erhard Trillingsgaard NæssSchmidt,
David Høyrup Christiansen,
René Østgård,
Nils-Bo de Vos Andersen,
Jørgen Feldbæk Nielsen,
Lene Odgaard
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
clinical epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.868
H-Index - 58
ISSN - 1179-1349
DOI - 10.2147/clep.s223000
Subject(s) - medicine , rheumatoid arthritis , incidence (geometry) , danish , stroke (engine) , referral , population , physical therapy , cohort , disease , pediatrics , family medicine , mechanical engineering , linguistics , philosophy , physics , environmental health , optics , engineering
Denmark is a welfare state with a publically funded healthcare system that includes the right to free of charge physiotherapy (FCP) for patients with chronic or progressive disease who fulfill strict criteria. The aim of this study was to investigate the incidence of referral to FCP in patients with a hospital diagnosis of stroke, multiple sclerosis (MS), Parkinson's disease (PD) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) between 2007 and 2016.