Argentina

Welcome to Worldwide Physical Therapy Practice: a focus on Primary Care Physical Therapy

This is a project created by and for the students in the School of Physical Therapy at the University of St. Augustine in St. Augustine Florida. Please do not edit unless you are involved in this project, but please come back in the near future to check out new information!!

Original Editor - Ana Boyland

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Patient Access to Physiotherapy or Physical Therapy Services / Entry Point

• Patients are referred by orthopedic doctors, neurologists or by regular physician, but sometimes patients can have access to therapists and pay cash.Therapists do not have access at this time but they are enrolled to primary care team.
  

Therapist Preparation

      Degree/Credentialing

• Applicants  go to school for 6 years for a licensure in Physical Therapy.

      Specialization

• Do clinicians specialise in certain areas of care and if so how?

Professional Associations

• What are the professional associations associated with Physiotherapy or Physial Therapy in this country?

Information about the Patient Community

• Physical Therapist serve a wide population from children to elderly patients.
• The analysis of mortality by main causes and sex showed that the national mortality rate from heart disease fell from 10.9% between 1990 and 199.In the same period, the mortality rate from cerebrovascular diseases and accidents also showed significant decline with falls of 16.7% (80.8 vs 69.2 per 100,000 population) and 16.4% (32.6 vs 28,0 per 100,000) respectively. Malignant tumors showed a decrease of lesser magnitute, going from 143.7 per 100,000 population in 1990 to 141.6 per 100,000 in 1996. Heart diseases, malignant tumors and cerebrovascular diseases are the most frequent causes of death for both sexes.In population 65 and older, heart disease remained the leading cause of death in 1990-1995. Tumors and cerebrovascular diseases were the second and third causes of death, and pneumonia and influenza mortality increased 21.0%.

Social/Cultural Influences

• What is the influence of the family on a patient's health status?
• What are the typical patient's living conditions, family dynamics, and cultural back ground?

Delivery of Care

• Is delivery of care provided in a timely manner?
• Special methods? Home health etc
  

Type of Health System

• Is it a national health system with universal access?
  

Payment System

• What methods to patient use to pay for service? (Insurance, bartering etc.)