Experiences of Health Service Access and Use for People Living with Parkinson’s Disease in Ireland: A National Survey

Table 3

Differences in access to clinical therapies.

Discipline access	Valid cases	% Public	% Private	value
Public versus private PD patients
PD nurse specialist	1168	32.0% (231/722)	10.0% (54/540)
Physiotherapy	1164	60.7% (405/667)	57.5% (286/497)
Mental health	1150	13.5% (89/660)	12.4% (61/490)
Speech and language therapy	1169	43.7% (293/670)	31.9% (159/499)
Occupational therapy	1152	38.2% (252/659)	26.4% (130/493)
Dietician	1150	16.5% (110/665)	12.8% (62/485)