Practitioner and practice-related characteristics | Annual number of referrals made to a physiotherapist | Annual number of referrals received from a physiotherapist | |||||
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<6 (n = 23) | 6 or more (n = 6) | p-value | <6 (n = 12) | 6 or more (n = 6) | p-value | ||
Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Â | Â | Â | Â | ||
Years of experience | 12.0 (10.2) | 5.5 (6.8) | 0.160 | 2.8 (1.8) | 3.3 (1.4) | 0.559 | |
Average case-load per month (all) | 38.7 (29.4) | 24.7 (15.1) | 0.275 | 43.1 (23.0) | 31.0 (44.9) | 0.455 | |
 | % | % |  | % | % |  | |
Age | 22-44 | 34.8 | 50.0 | 0.494 | 50.0 | 16.7 | 0.171 |
 | >44 | 65.2 | 50.0 |  | 50.0 | 83.3 |  |
Education | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
Diploma | 50.0 | 25.0 | 0.450 | 42.9 | 33.3 | 0.961 | |
Under-graduate | 43.8 | 50.0 | Â | 28.6 | 33.3 | Â | |
Post-graduate | 6.2 | 25.0 | Â | 28.6 | 33.4 | Â |