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129
Book:
Magazin:
Project Description:
Internet Resource:
Area(s) of Application:
Market Analyzis
Relevant Player(s):
Dealer, Enduser, Other
Thematic Issue(s):
Training / Methods, Recommendations
Methods/Strategies:
Questionnaires, Interviews
Human Resources in the Wheelchair Services in England
Assistive Technology on the Threshold of the New Millennium
Author:
Alan Turner-Smith
Abstract:
Under the reformed National Health Service structure in England
a wide variety of methods of service delivery for assistive
technology have evolved. For example some larger wheelchair
services use multidisciplinary teams backed by large engineering
departments, while other, smaller services rely on external
contractors. The objective of this research was to record the
patterns of human resources across the wheelchair services in
England, and to explore the interrelationships between key topics
within the theme areas of user satisfaction, service process,
management, and staffing.
A pilot study of eight services was followed by structured interviews
in 70 of the remaining 140 services, taking care to include
a complete geographical spread. At each service four people
were interviewed: manager, therapist, rehabilitation engineer
and administrator, and questionnaires sent to 20 users selected
at random. Correspondence between the answers enabled a consistency
check on the data. The data was analysed by constructing 23
derived numerical variables to represent topics within the theme
areas.
Editor:
Christian Bühler, Harry Knops
Publisher:
IOS Press
,
Amsterdam, Berlin, Oxford, Tokyo, Washington, DC
,
1999
ISBN / ISSN:
1 58603 001 9
Relevant Pages:
718-722
Name of Institution
Centre of Rehabilitation Engineering (CoRE), Dept Medical Engineering
& Physics, Guy’s King’s & St Thomas’ School of Medicine,
King’s College London
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