Overcoming Overuse Part 4: Small Business Survival

• DOI: 10.2519/jospt.2021.0101
• Publication Date: 2021-01-01T07:30:40Z
• Authors: Adrian C. Traeger; Jason Soon; Mary O'Keeffe; Simon Décary; Zoe A. Michaleff; Joshua R. Zadro
• Keywords: Practice Management; 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; 8. Economic growth; Humans; Musculoskeletal Diseases; Small Business; Unnecessary Procedures; Physical Therapy Modalities; 3. Good health

Summary The challenge of overuse raises important questions for those in the business musculoskeletal health care. What is right number physical therapy visits a given condition? Can practice provide “less” but still be profitable? In this, editorial on overcoming care, we consider economic drivers private sector. We propose actions that could support small leaders to overcome and build profitable, high-quality services. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther 2021;51(1):1–4. doi:10.2519/jospt.2021.0101