Offices of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists and Audiologistsin USA
USA Market Research and Industry Report
31 August 2007
Industry Code : 62134
This industry comprises establishments of independent health practitioners primarily engaged in one of the following: (1) administering medically prescribed physical therapy treatment on patients suffering from injuries or muscle, nerve, joint, and bone disease; (2) planning and administering educational, recreational, and social activities designed to help patients or individuals with disabilities; and (3) diagnosing and treating speech, language, or hearing problems. These practitioners operate private or group practices in their own facilities (e.g., centers, clinics) or in the facilities of others, such as hospitals or HMO medical centers.
The major products and services in this industry are:
- | Physical and occupational therapists |
- | Speech therapists and audiologists | |
The primary activities of this industry are:
- | Art therapists' offices |
- | Audiologists' offices |
- | Dance therapists' offices |
- | Exercise pathologists' offices |
- | Hearing test services by offices of audiologists |
- | Industrial therapists' offices |
- | Music therapists' offices |
- | Occupational therapists offices |
- | Pathologists', speech or voice, offices |
- | Physical equestrian therapists' offices |
- | Physical therapists' offices |
- | Physical therapy offices |
- | Physical-integration practitioners' offices |
- | Physiotherapists' offices |
- | Recreational (e.g., art, dance, music) therapists' offices |
- | Speech clinicians' offices |
- | Speech defect clinics |
- | Speech pathologists' offices |
- | Speech therapists' offices |
- | Sports therapists' offices |
- | Voice pathologists' offices | |
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