Treatment taxonomy for rehabilitation: Past, present, and prospects

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Article reviews various treatment taxonomies current used in health care and the attempts at building classifications in rehabilitation. Discussion focuses on the need to base a rehabilitation treatment taxonomy (RTT) on the “active ingredients” of treatments and their link to patient/client deficits/problems that are targeted in therapy. This is followed by a description of a fruitful approach to the development of an RTT that crosses disciplines, settings, and patient diagnoses, and a discussion of the potential uses in and benefits of a well-developed RTT for clinical service, research, education, and service administration.

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