Feature | The Economic Value of Physical Therapy in the United States

As senior director of operations for the Department of Rehabilitation Services at Bayhealth Medical Center, James Tompkins, PT, DPT, is often asked to assign a dollar value to the care his department provides. He does his best, which is to say he relies on his 30-plus years in the field to inform his calculations and arrive at a reasonable answer. Still, he notes, it's not an exact science — and for as long as he's practiced, it never has been.

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