Therapy-based allied health delivery in residential aged care, trends, factors, and outcomes: a systematic review

BMC Geriatrics

Table 4 Mean hours per resident day (HPRD) receiving allied health services

	Australia (2020, n = 331)	US (2013–2016; n = 12,352) [43,44,45]; (2009–2015; n = 15,936) [48, 49]	Canada (1996–2011; n = 627)
Physiotherapy	0.09 [56]	0.10 [43,44,45]
Occupational therapy	0.01 [56]	0.09 [43,44,45]
Social work		0.041 [48, 49]
Physiotherapy assistants	0.01^a [56]	0.10 [43,44,45]
Occupational therapy assistants		0.09 [43,44,45]
Social work assistants		0.076 [48, 49]
Speech pathology	< 0.01 [56]	0.06 [43,44,45]
Podiatry	0.01 [56]
Dietetics	< 0.01 [56]
Lifestyle officers	0.12 [56]
Diversional therapists	0.01 [56]
Other	0.01^a [56]
Total	0.25 [56]		0.22^a [37]

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