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I need a status report about Physiotherapists in US. How much Physiotherapists exits? What is the average salary? How many Physiotherapists working in Rehabilitation Center and how much working privately? What is the average working hours in Rehabilitation Centers? How many patients they handle (i.e, there is 1 physiotherapist for each 15 patients)?
Hello! Thanks for your question about physiotherapists in the US . The short version is that there are currently over 210,000 physiotherapists and they earn on average $84,020 per year. I have further provided answers your other questions using publicly available data from the last five years . Below you will find a deep dive of my findings.
METHODOLOGY
I have based my answers on national bureau of statistics data, American Physical Therapy Association data, Advance Healthcare for Physical Therapy and Rehab medicine surveys as well as other reports on physiotherapy in the US. In order to offer some data addressing all points in your request, I've included information within a five year range, because this is what was publicly available.
ANSWERS
(1) Total number of Physiotherapists:
As of 2014 there are 210,900 physiotherapists, this number is projected to 71,480 by 2024. Of these 55,911 were members of the APTA in 2014 which increased to 56,685 members in 2015.
(2) The average salary:
A 2016 survey found that physiotherapists typically earn in the $85,000-$99,999 bracket.
In 2015 the average salary was $84,020 or $40.40 per hour. The highest wages go to physical therapists working in schools, home health care and nursing care facilities. The best-paid physical therapists live in the metropolitan areas of Las Vegas; Merced, California; and Napa, California.
(3) Number of physiotherapists who work in Rehabilitation Center:
18% in a long term care or assisted living facility
15% in a hospital or inpatient facility
14% in home health
5% in acute care
4% in higher education or research.
(4) Number of private physiotherapists:
An international study of physiotherapists has reported that there is no organisation that tracks the number of private physical therapists in the US, so no data exists. However if we assume that the physiotherapists working in an outpatient setting are all private, then that amounts to 90,687 therapists.
(5) The average working hours in rehabilitation centers:
The majority of physiotherapists are reported to work typical office hours. A survey by the American Association of Orthopaedic Executives gives 8 hours as the typical working day.
(6) The average number of patients that a Physiotherapist handle.
The number varies according to the job, a chain of outpatient private-practice clinics in Tennessee reports that they expect each physiotherapist to see 12 patients per day.
A survey by the American Association of Orthopedic Executives found that there was a weighted average of 12.7 patients seen by physiotherapists in an 8 hour day.
SUMMARY
To wrap it up, through my research I was able to find data from the last five years in answer to your questions about Physiotherapists in the USA.
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