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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778783803321

Titolo

Allied health services : avoiding crises / / Committee to Study the Role of Allied Health Personnel, Institute of Medicine

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : National Academy Press, , 1989

ISBN

1-280-21478-3

9786610214785

0-309-55531-0

0-585-14998-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 344 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

362.1/7

Soggetti

Medical policy - United States

Allied health personnel - Government policy - United States

Paramedical education - Government policy - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography: p. 329-330 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Executive summary What does "allied health" mean? Approaches to measuring demand and supply Forces and trends in personnel demand and supply Demand and supply in 10 allied health fields The role of educational policy in influencing supply The health care employer's perspective Licensure and other mechanisms for regulating allied health personnel Allied health personnel and long-term care Appendixes. Congressional mandate Participants in workshops and public meetings A sample of allied health job titles and a classification of instructional programs in allied health Estimates of the current supply of personnel in 10 allied health fields Projects of demand and supply in occupations Minnesota sunrise provisions National Commission for Health Certifying Agencies' criteria for approval of certifying agencies Source material Index