SUMMARY Economic theory suggests that income growth could lead to changes in consumption quantity and quality as the spending on a commodity changes. Similarly, the volume and quality of healthcare consumption could rise with incomes because of demographic changes, usage of innovative medical...

With rapid population ageing and continuing proliferation of diseases limiting physical mobility and flexibility, timely research is needed on the operational economics of US physical therapy clinics at the disaggregated level (e.g., adult versus paediatric). This is because of potential...