台灣地區物理治療人員生產力及供需之分析研究

Analysis of Productivity and Manpower of Physical Therapy Personnel in Taiwan Area

吳成方(Chang-Fan Wu) ； 李玉春(Yue-Chune Lee) ； 張禹斌(Yu-Pin Chang) ； 連倚南(I-Nan Lien)

《中華民國物理治療學會雜誌》 20卷1期 (1995/03) Pp. 68-80

https://doi.org/10.29616/JPTAROC.199503.0008

摘要

本研究採用國內119家醫院復健科的物理治療服務現況，及民國79年至81年間連倚南教授所進行「各類醫院復健治療患者之病因分類與治療項目及期間之研究」之物理治療服務病人特質結果等為主要研究資料，獲取台灣地區每年每人平約接受物理治療之次數，當作需求基本指標。並考量人口成長、性別年齡組成、保險變化、都市化程度等因素，推估民國90年及民國100年之物理治療人力供給與需求之關係。研究結果顯示，民國90年兒民國100年，物理治療人員呈供過於求之現象。惟本研究主要係以復健秤醫院內物理治療人員之供需為主，推估全人口供需位。若參考國外近年來物理治療人員之發展，則其於和人診所（或自行閉業）等領域服務之比例約佔40%左右，若將此因素納入考量，則未來台灣地區物理治療人員之供需推估將有不同之結果。並且如要求物理治療專業品質保證，僅估算大學培育之物理治療師人數，則物理治療人員將呈供不應求之現象。物理治療人力分佈方面，台灣地區各縣市人。與物理治療人員所佔比例人數之差距仍相當大，未來除考量全體民眾之物理治療需求量之外，如何兼顧縣市間之物理治療人力均衡，亦將是極重要課題。

關鍵字

物理治療 ； 人力供給與需求 ； 生產力

並列摘要

The purpose of this study was to determine the physical therapy manpower in Taiwan. The data were collected from two sources. One was from the survey in Department of Rehabilitation Medicine of 119 hospitals and the other form the results of Dr. Lian's study (Disease Classification and Treatment of Patients in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine Among Different Hospitals) to have the information related to the characteristics of patients who received medical rehabilitation. The data were calculated to obtain the average number of times of visits to physical therapists, person per year in Taiwan area, thereby constructing the basic index of physical therapy demand. Population growth, sex and age mix, insurance coverage change and urbanization were taken into account to predict the relation between demand and supply of physical therapy personnel for the year of 2001 and 2011. The status quo of productivity and distribution of physical therapy personnel in each county/city and medical region were examined as well in order to provide basis for better planning and policymaking in physical therapy field and government agencies.
The study showed that physical therapists seem to be over- supplied in 2001 and 2011. However, if considering the demand and supply of physical therapy personnel, about 40 percent of the therapists devoted themselves to the physical therapy services other than rehabilitation department of medical institutions, the result might be quite different. In terms of quality assurance, the supply of qualified phypical therapists with bachelor's degree were still less than demand. With regard to distribution aspect, the differences of ratios of physical therapy personnel to population between counties/cities are enormously huge. Fruthermone, how to make the manpower even distributed would be an important issue in the future.

並列關鍵字

Physical therapy ； Supply and demand of manpower ； Productivity