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Effects Of Managed Care On The Professional Autonomy Of Board Certified Physical Therapy Specialist's Practice, Cami Diezel
Effects Of Managed Care On The Professional Autonomy Of Board Certified Physical Therapy Specialist's Practice, Cami Diezel
Department of Physical Therapy Student Theses, Dissertations and Capstones
Purpose: Identify perceptions of professional autonomy of Board Certified Physical Therapy Specialists (BCPTS) who practiced in managed care environments.
Guiding questions: Do BCPTS perceive an increase in professional autonomy as a specialist than as a generalist? How do the perceptions of professional autonomy vary among each specialization? What variables affect perceptions of professional autonomy among BCPTS?
Method: Two-hundred BCPTS throughout the country were randomly chosen as participants. One-hundred-eight respondents were used as subjects.
Data analysis: Frequency distributions and Pearson's correlation coefficient statistic were utilized.
Results: Majority of respondents reported no increase in professional autonomy as a specialist. Greater than three-quarters …