Percentage of participants from different health sectors and geographical locations, who agreed with the introduction of physiotherapist prescribing and are likely to train
Survey item | Location RRMA % (95% CI) | Subgroup comparisons ARR % (95% CI) | ||||
City | Regional | Remote | City: regional | City: remote | Regional: remote | |
Agreed or strongly agreed with autonomous prescribing | 80.1 (77.3 to 83.3) | 76.1 (69.0 to 81.9) | 56.5 (36.8 to 74.4) | 4.4 (−2.2, 12.0) | 24.0 (5.8 to 43.9)* | 19.5 (0.4 to 40.1)* |
Likely to train as prescriber | 71.9 (68.4 to 75.2) | 70.9 (63.4 to 77.3) | 52.2 (33.0 to –70.8) | 1.0 (−6.3 to 9.1) | 19.8 (0.8 to 39.2)* | 18.7 (−1.3 to 39) |
Survey item | Health sector % (95% CI) | Subgroup comparisons ARR % (95% CI) | ||||
Private | Public | Other | Private: public | Private: other | Public: other | |
Agreed or strongly agreed with autonomous prescribing | 80.7 (76.8 to 84.1) | 79.0 (74.2 to 83.1) | 70.8 (61.1 to 79.0) | 1.7 (−4.0 to 7.6) | 9.8 (0.8 to 20.2)* | 8.2 (−1.3 to 18.8) |
Likely to train | 77.4 (73.3 to 81.1) | 67.5 (62.2 to 72.5) | 54.2 (44.2 to 63.8) | 9.9 (3.5 to 16.4)* | 23.3 (12.8 to 33.8)* | 13.4 (2.3 to 24.5)* |
*Significant at p<0.05.
ARR, absolute risk reductions; RRMA, Rural, Remote and Metropolitan Areas.