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Occupational therapy can flourish in the 21st century — a case for professional engagement with health economics

Lambert, Rod; Radford, Kathryn A.; Smyth, Genevieve; Morley, Mary; Ahmed-Landeryou, Musharrat; Rastrick, Suzanne

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Authors

Rod Lambert

Genevieve Smyth

Mary Morley

Musharrat Ahmed-Landeryou

Suzanne Rastrick



Abstract

The view that the profession of occupational therapy will flourish in the 21st century was expressed before the banking system and financial market collapse in 2008. The profession now competes for scarce resources as austerity measures take effect. A summit meeting at the College of Occupational Therapists, in May 2013, discussed how to improve the profession's understanding and use of health economics. At this meeting, short-, medium-, and longer-term approaches were discussed, with the aim of improving the quality and quantity of publications on economic evaluations in occupational therapy. Despite an increasing number of publications on health economics across professions, occupational therapy lags behind. This focus is now vital for the profession.

Citation

Lambert, R., Radford, K. A., Smyth, G., Morley, M., Ahmed-Landeryou, M., & Rastrick, S. (2014). Occupational therapy can flourish in the 21st century — a case for professional engagement with health economics. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 77(5), https://doi.org/10.4276/030802214X13990455043566

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Aug 6, 2013
Publication Date May 8, 2014
Deposit Date Jan 16, 2017
Publicly Available Date Apr 10, 2024
Journal British Journal of Occupational Therapy
Print ISSN 0308-0226
Electronic ISSN 1477-6006
Publisher SAGE Publications
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 77
Issue 5
DOI https://doi.org/10.4276/030802214X13990455043566
Keywords health economics, cost-effectiveness
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/729042
Publisher URL http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.4276/030802214X13990455043566

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