Physical Therapist Student Loan Debt.

Jette, Diane U.

The article talks about the cost of higher education in the U.S., rising debts due to student loans, and its impact on the physical therapist profession. Topics include factors affecting costs from increased federal regulation to rising costs of employee health insurance, the consequences of high student loan debt from delays in starting families, buying homes, and saving for retirement, and how changes in higher education affordability has affected physical therapist students.

UNITED States; HEALTH care reform; COST control; DEBT; PHYSICAL therapists; PHYSICAL therapy education; DOCTORAL programs

Physical Therapy, 2016, Vol 96, Issue 11, p1685

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Academic Journal

10.2522/ptj.20160307