Thank you, Ralph.
It seems that hard facts are just as difficult to obtain wherever you look?
regards,
Steve
At 08:33 PM 22/03/2004 +0000, you wrote:
>Hi Stephen
>
>In so far as I can help. In the UK you will be hard pressed re:Insurance
>figures.
>Almost all the insurers do not find any sort of appliance so true
>figures will not exist
>
>Kind Regards
>
>Ralph Graham
>Consultant Podiatrist
>Witham, Essex, U.K.
>
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>>Can anyone answer (or give their best guess) the following.
>
>
>1. How many custom foot orthoses are prescribed annually (by country, or
>globally)? 2. How many "over the counter" orthoses are prescribed
>annually (by country or globally)? 3. Who / what is the "biggest"
>commercial enterprise in the business (by country)? 4. Who / what is the
>longest running commercial enterprise (by country)? 5. On the basis of 1
>to 4, how big are we in comparison with optical (spectacles and contact
>lenses) and dental equivalents?
>
>Are there any medical insurance statistics on the topic?
>
>Regards,
>
>Steve
>
>
>Stephen Urry PhD
>Lecturer
>School of Public Health
>Queensland University of Technology
>Brisbane
>4059
>Australia
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