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The costs of electrotherapy II

Allen, Caroline, Kitchen, Sheila S. (1993) The costs of electrotherapy II. Personal Social Services Research Unit (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:27171)

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Abstract

<p>This paper demonstrates the comparative costs of a number of forms of electrotherapy: infrared irradiation (IR), laser, ultraviolet radiation (UVR), microwave diathermy (MWD), continuous shortwave diathermy (CSWD), pulsed shortwave diathermy (PSWD) and combined continuous and pulsed shortwave diathermy. The costing comprises two main elements; the purchase and running costs of the machine itself, and costs related to the employment of physiotherapists to carry out the work. The first is presented as costs per hour and the second is discussed in more general terms. Machine costs vary widely between treatment types, with infrared irradiation the cheapest form of treatment, and combined continuous and pulsed shortwave diathermy the most expensive.

Item Type: Research report (external)
Divisions: Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research > Personal Social Services Research Unit
Depositing User: R. Bass
Date Deposited: 20 May 2011 14:41 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 10:05 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/27171 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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