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Recruitment and retention of occupational therapists and physiotherapists in rural regions: a meta-synthesis

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Health Services Research, February 2013
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Title
Recruitment and retention of occupational therapists and physiotherapists in rural regions: a meta-synthesis
Published in
BMC Health Services Research, February 2013
DOI 10.1186/1472-6963-13-59
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Authors

Robin K Roots, Linda C Li

Abstract

Significant efforts have been made to address the shortage of health professionals in rural communities. In the face of increasing demand for rehabilitation services, strategies for recruiting and retaining occupational therapists (OTs) and physiotherapists (PTs) have yielded limited success. This study aims to broaden the understanding of factors associated with recruitment and retention of OTs and PTs in rural regions, through a synthesis of evidence from qualitative studies found in the literature.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 1 <1%
United States 1 <1%
South Africa 1 <1%
Canada 1 <1%
Unknown 174 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 32 18%
Lecturer 23 13%
Student > Bachelor 21 12%
Student > Ph. D. Student 16 9%
Researcher 12 7%
Other 31 17%
Unknown 43 24%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Nursing and Health Professions 60 34%
Medicine and Dentistry 25 14%
Social Sciences 17 10%
Psychology 12 7%
Business, Management and Accounting 6 3%
Other 13 7%
Unknown 45 25%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 03 April 2013.
All research outputs
#6,702,937
of 22,696,971 outputs
Outputs from BMC Health Services Research
#3,234
of 7,590 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#75,786
of 287,465 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Health Services Research
#45
of 106 outputs
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