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Physical Therapy Workforce Data

Significant gaps exist in data on the overall health care workforce. Information about the physical therapist and physical therapist assistant workforce allows goal setting, planning, and prioritizing in education, training, and practice. Improved data can also ensure that policy matches the needs of the nation or jurisdiction.

CROSS-PROFESSION MINIMUM DATA SET (CPMDS)

Access to vital healthcare services is dependent upon a sufficient healthcare workforce. FSBPT supports the development of the CPMDS, a set of core questions for collecting data elements widely considered the “minimum necessary” for health workforce planning. The intent of the CPMDS is to serve as a framework for standardizing data collection across various health professions for the purpose of supporting within and between profession comparisons and analyses. For more information, click here.

Jurisdiction Workforce Reports

Your workforce report missing from this list? Contact FSBPT communications@fsbpt.org

Historical Documents

Physical Therapy Minimum Data Set (PTMDS)
The Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy (FSBPT) and the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) collaborated with the National Center for Health Workforce Analysis to create a Physical Therapy Minimum Data Set (PTMDS) to facilitate enhanced data collection to describe the physical therapist and physical therapist assistant workforce.
- PTMDS Questionnaire
- Model Statutory Language to Collect Workforce Data
- Talking Points in Support of the PTMDS
- State Health Workforce Inventory
  Health Workforce Technical Assistance Center ongoing and continually updated survey about the collection of health workforce supply data for a variety of professions.
CBA Presentation - Physical Therapy Minimum Data Set
Physical Therapy Minimum Data Set (Article from the Winter 2015 Federation Forum)
PTMDS Elements and Their Rationale: Physical Therapy