Table 2 Characteristics of neuropsychological assessment (NPA) practice, by respondents’ career stage
From: Neuropsychological assessment in the Israeli healthcare system: a practitioners’ survey
Question | Experts | Interns | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
Do you work in a hospital? (% yes) | 64 (36%) | 57 (55%) | 121 (43%) |
Do you work in a non-hospital public service? (% yes) | 66 (38%) | 41 (40%) | 107 (38%) |
Do you conduct NPA? (% yes) | 98 (56%) | 91 (88%) | 189 (68%) |
Do you conduct NPA for court? (% yes) | 44 (25%) | 19 (18%) | 61 (22%) |
How many NPAs did you conduct in the past year? | N = 91 | N = 75 | N = 166 |
1–2 | 17 (19%) | 21 (28%) | 38 (23%) |
3–5 | 19 (21%) | 27 (36%) | 46 (28%) |
6–10 | 18 (20%) | 15 (20%) | 33 (20%) |
11–19 | 16 (17%) | 6 (8%) | 22 (13%) |
20+ | 21 (23%) | 6 (8%) | 27 (16%) |
What was the purpose of last NPA that you conducted? | N = 93 | N = 85 | N = 178 |
Treatment recommendations | 30 (32%) | 38 (45%) | 68 (38%) |
Medico-legal | 34 (37%) | 27 (32%) | 61 (34%) |
Differential diagnosis | 22 (24%) | 13 (15%) | 35 (20%) |
Pre-surgical baseline | 1 (1%) | 4 (5%) | 5 (3%) |
Other | 6 (6%) | 3 (3%) | 9 (5%) |
Who refers your clients to NPA? | N = 95 | N = 80 | N = 175 |
Physicians | 69 (73%) | 56 (70%) | 125 (71%) |
Psychologists | 62 (65%) | 47 (59%) | 109 (62%) |
National Insurance Institute of Israel | 19 (20%) | 30 (38%) | 49 (28%) |
Rehabilitation Department, Ministry of Defense | 17 (18%) | 23 (29%) | 40 (23%) |
Educational system | 21 (22%) | 3 (4%) | 24 (14%) |
Lawyers or court | 19 (20%) | 5 (6%) | 24 (14%) |
Self-referrals | 20 (21%) | 9 (11%) | 29 (17%) |
Other | 18 (19%) | 8 (10%) | 26 (15%) |
Which percent of the NPA that you conduct is HP-funded? | N = 100 | N = 90 | N = 190 |
0% | 74 (74%) | 50 (56%) | 124 (65%) |
20% | 8 (8%) | 4 (4%) | 12 (6%) |
50% | 8 (8%) | 5 (6%) | 13 (7%) |
75% | 7 (7%) | 9 (10%) | 16 (9%) |
100% | 3 (3%) | 22 (24%) | 25 (13%) |