The improvement of work efficiency in acute rehabilitation from a work volume survey

Abstract

This study was to investigate the amount of rehabilitation services provided by physical therapists by examining the daily reports in department of acute rehabilitation. Physical therapists worked an average of 9.8 hours and spent 6.0 hours for the treatment of the patients a day. Amount of indirect work (medical recording, patients transfer, reports preparation) was 21% of total rehabilitation services. A significant negative correlation was observed between amount of indirect work and exercise units of medical service fee per patient. This result indicated that the increase of exercise units of medical service fee per patient will decrease amount of indirect work and will lead to improvement of work efficiency in acute rehabilitation.