title: Criteria for prosthetic provision: "he who pays the piper calls the tune".
abstract: Previously instituted policies regarding prosthetic limb provision had been deemed dependable. A follow-up home visit study showed that 18 of 60 patients that had been provided with prostheses, did not make use of them. Analysis showed that three categories of patients made up the large majority of the non-users; double amputees, blind persons and those with psychiatric disorders. In order to attempt to eliminate the wastage of prosthetic provision to non-ambulators a new policy decision was made. Doubtful ambulators and those from the three aforementioned categories will be initially provided with temporary prostheses. Only after a period of months of temporary prosthetic usage at home will a decision be made as to whether a permanent prosthesis will be issued.
authors.affiliation: Lewis National Institute of Rehabilitation, Department of Orthopaedic Rehabilitation, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer Hospital, Israel.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Heim
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Merelman
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Manor
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Jacobi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Azaria
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000674:Amputees / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D001186:Artificial Limbs; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged