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I am currently on my rural placement at a private practice. The placement has been excellent and it is such a great opportunity to practice musculoskeletal assessment and treatment. My days are pretty booked up with 8-13 patients a day which is great. The patients are however paying full price to see me- so the same price as the other physios (some have been practicing physio for 40+ years). At the start I was quite uncomfortable about this. However as the prac has gone on I have realized a few things:
- lots of my patients are veterans affairs so they don’t pay any way
- lots have workers comp so they don’t pay either
- most have private health so they only pay a small amount
- and finally, that people come to physio expecting to pay for the service they are receiving
After realizing the above I now don’t feel so bad!