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Marcos: there is some information about which setting PT's work in and it is available from the APTA. You may want to call them 1+800 999 APTA. You may want to ask the APTA what the mix is of the different specialties or sections as the APTA calls it. That is, how many members belong to the Orthopedic section, Neuro section, Peds, Cardio, Geriatrics. I am guessing it is in the following order of greatest number of PT's to least: Ortho, Neuro, Acute, Peds, Home Health, Cardio. Of course, there are sub-specialties too. for example Ortho could consist of Outpatient spine, post surgical, sports, etc. My only other suggestion would be to check with Medicare to see if they have a breakdown of what types of patients are seen the most by PT's. I don't know of any specific hard core statistics. Does this help? Patrick Zerr http://www.apluspt.com Find out how to prepare for the National Physical Therapy Exam. Free licensing checklist available. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marcos B. Souza" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Monday, August 28, 2000 10:36 AM Subject: Trends & career > > > Hi all !! > > I'm currently developing a research project in the field of physiotherapy > here in Brazil. To be more specific, we're analyzing the changes in our > field as many udergraduates here are seeking more than just treating > orthopedhic patients, who are the vast majority of people who seek > physiotherapists here. In fact many udergraduates are looking for advice on > which field to specialize more. This has been the current trend for the > past few years. However, I must confess I was not able (so far) to find > reliable data/statistics on the number of patients treated in the many > areas covered by physiotherapy in a given time span. I would be immensely > grateful If I could find anything (a web site, database or a link of any > kind) where I can find information about data such as the number of > patients treated per year per speciality. We're currently in the process of > generating such a database in Brazil and intend to share it with the physio > community as it becomes available. I thank you all in advance. > > Marcos > > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%