This document summarizes the basic concepts, underlying methodologies, strengths and limitations of the data available.
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- 21
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- Canada
Table of Contents
- Table of contents 3
- About CIHI’s physiotherapist data 4
- About this document 5
- Data availability 5
- Data collection 6
- Population of interest 6
- Defining the workforce 6
- Data quality 8
- Under- and over-coverage 8
- Terminology and general methodology 9
- Average age 9
- Physiotherapists employed in direct care 9
- Health regions 10
- Inflow and outflow 10
- Population estimates and per 100,000 population counts 11
- Urban and rural/remote 11
- Comparability 12
- International comparability 12
- Data limitations and considerations 14
- Privacy and confidentiality 18
- Appendices 19
- Appendix A: Physiotherapists, first year of regulation, by province and territory 19
- Appendix B: Physiotherapist data providers, 2023 19
- Appendix C: Text alternative for average age image 19
- References 20
