Patient Satisfaction Is an Important Area for Outcome Assessment in Physical

question 22

Multiple Choice

Patient satisfaction is an important area for outcome assessment in physical therapy when following the patient management model described in the Guide to Physical Therapist Practice.There are several determinants of patient satisfaction that, if included in the gathering and analysis of data, may help clinics to improve the quality of care being provided.Each of these has been shown in the literature to be determinant of patient satisfaction except:

• A)Professionalism, empathy, and helpfulness of the therapist.
• B)Patient participation in goal setting in the plan of care.
• C)The chronicity of the patient's condition (higher satisfaction with patients having chronic conditions).
• D)Convenience of access and flexibility for scheduling appointments.

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Definitions:

Group Depreciation

A depreciation strategy applied to a collection of assets that have similar characteristics and useful lives, simplifying the process of calculating depreciation expenses.

Accumulated Depreciation

This refers to the total amount of a company's asset cost that has been expensed through depreciation over the asset's life, reducing its initial cost on the balance sheet.

Assets Sold

Items or properties a company has disposed of, either by selling, trading, or other means of transfer.

Sum-Of-The-Years'-Digits Depreciation

A method of depreciation that results in a more accelerated write-off of the asset than the straight-line method, basing the expense on a fraction that decreases year by year.