Types of allied health prevention and promotion services delivered, by urban versus rural status
| Status | No. (%) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Audiology n = 145 | Occupational therapy n = 147 | Injury prevention and education n = 141 | Clinical nutritional counselling/ education n = 146 | Physiotherapy n = 147 | Recreation therapy n = 144 | Respiratory therapy n = 144 | Speech language pathology n = 145 | |
| Delivered | 23 (15.9) | 68 (46.3) | 56 (39.7) | 68 (46.6) | 45 (30.6) | 23 (16.0) | 21 (14.6) | 41 (28.3)* |
| Urban | 4 (11.8) | 15 (42.9) | 14 (41.2) | 17 (48.6) | 11 (31.4) | 8 (22.2) | 5 (14.7) | 4 (11.4) |
| Rural | 19 (17.1) | 53 (47.3) | 42 (39.3) | 51 (45.9) | 34 (30.4) | 15 (13.9) | 16 (14.5) | 37 (33.6) |
| On-site delivery | 10 (43.5)* | 31 (45.6)† | 33 (58.9) | 41 (60.3) | 25 (55.6)* | 19 (82.6) | 12 (57.1) | 16 (39.0)‡ |
| Urban | 4 (100.0) | 13 (86.7) | 11 (78.6) | 12 (70.6) | 9 (81.8) | 7 (87.5) | 4 (80.0) | 4 (100.0) |
| Rural | 6 (31.6) | 18 (34.0) | 22 (52.4) | 29 (56.9) | 16 (47.1) | 12 (80.0) | 8 (50.0) | 12 (32.4) |