OUTPATIENT By: MecKenzie Fritz

Outpatient~ A patient who is not hospitalized overnight but who visits a hospital, clinic, or associated facility for diagnosis or treatment.

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MANY HEALTH PROVIDERS LIKE TO

OFFER AS MUCH CARE AS POSSIBLE ON AN OUTPATIENT BASIS,

BECAUSE IT CUTS DOWN ON COSTS FOR HEALTH

PROVIDERS AND PATIENTS ALIKE, AND IT

CAN KEEP A CLINIC OR HOSPITAL RUNNING

SMOOTHLY.

About 30 percent of all physical therapist assistants are working in Hospital or outpatient offices of Physical Therapists.

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MEDIAN ANNUAL EARNINGS OF PHYSICAL THERAPIST ASSISTANTS

WERE $37,890 IN MAY 2004.

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TREATMENTS: SUCH AS SOME SURGERIES AND ICE PACKS, STEM, ULTRA SOUND, ELECTROTHERAPY, MASSAGES, TRACTION, EXCERSISES

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There are many different types of people that

come to the outpatient clinic such as, pregnancy,

people with arthritis, lower back pain, fractures, heart

disease, head injuries, people of have been in a

accident.

A PTA NEEDS TO HAVE AN ASSOCIATES DEGREE. CONTINUING EDUCATION COURSES MAY BE REQUIRED.

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