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Table 1 Practitioners in the same practice location and their professional referral relationships with osteopaths

From: A workforce survey of Australian osteopathy: analysis of a nationally-representative sample of osteopaths from the Osteopathy Research and Innovation Network (ORION) project

Health professional

Working in the same practice location

Sending referral(s)

Receiving referral(s)

 

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Another osteopath

643 (64.8)

506 (51.0)

614 (61.9)

General practitioner

72 (7.3)

878 (88.5)

886 (89.3)

Medical specialist

31 (3.1)

443 (44.7)

237 (23.9)

Podiatrist

147 (14.8)

651 (65.6)

471 (47.5)

Physiotherapist

144 (14.5)

331 (33.4)

266 (26.8)

Exercise physiologist

124 (12.5)

398 (40.1)

258 (26.0)

Occupational therapist

19 (1.9)

106 (10.7)

61 (6.1)

Psychologist/Counsellor

191 (19.3)

349 (35.2)

154 (15.5)

Massage therapist

501 (50.5)

671 (67.6)

754 (76.0)

Acupuncturist

188 (19.0)

451 (45.5)

370 (37.3)

Naturopath

193 (19.5)

477 (48.1)

400 (40.3)

Dietician

72 (7.3)

167 (16.8)

39 (3.9)

Nutritionist

78 (7.9)

129 (13.0)

55 (5.5)

Others

201 (20.3)

148 (14.9)

153 (15.4)