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    },
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    },
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    },
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    },
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    },
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      "category": "Clinic, office, or health center",
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    },
    {
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    },
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    },
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      "category": "K-12 school",
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    },
    {
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      "category": "Long-term care facility",
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    },
    {
      "metric": "Setting",
      "profession": "Physical Therapist Assistants",
      "category": "Other",
      "value": "3.5 %",
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    },
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      "metric": "Telehealth percent of time",
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      "category": "100 percent",
      "value": "0.0 %",
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    },
    {
      "metric": "Telehealth percent of time",
      "profession": "Physical Therapist Assistants",
      "category": "None",
      "value": "92.1 %",
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    },
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      "metric": "Telehealth percent of time",
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    },
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      "category": "Up to 10 percent",
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      "category": "A remote setting (e.g., telemedicine)",
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    },
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      "category": "Community/faith-based organization",
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    {
      "metric": "Setting",
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      "sheet": "Demographics & Character",
      "row": 817
    },
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      "category": "K-12 school",
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      "sheet": "Demographics & Character",
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    },
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      "category": "Long-term care facility",
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    },
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      "metric": "Setting",
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    },
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    },
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      "sheet": "Demographics & Character",
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    },
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      "category": "None",
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    },
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    },
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      "category": "5 years or less",
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      "sheet": "Career Plans",
      "row": 143
    },
    {
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      "profession": "Physical Therapist Assistants",
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      "sheet": "Career Plans",
      "row": 144
    },
    {
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      "profession": "Physical Therapist Assistants",
      "category": "More than 10 years",
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      "sheet": "Career Plans",
      "row": 145
    },
    {
      "metric": "Years plan to work",
      "profession": "Physical Therapists",
      "category": "5 years or less",
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      "sheet": "Career Plans",
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    },
    {
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      "profession": "Physical Therapists",
      "category": "Between 5 and 10 years",
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      "sheet": "Career Plans",
      "row": 153
    },
    {
      "metric": "Years plan to work",
      "profession": "Physical Therapists",
      "category": "More than 10 years",
      "value": "69.2 %",
      "sheet": "Career Plans",
      "row": 154
    }
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    "workforce": {
      "url": "https://www.health.state.mn.us/facilities/ruralhealth/workforce/hcwdata.xlsx",
      "page": "https://www.health.state.mn.us/data/workforce/hcwdash/counts.html",
      "period": "March 2024 license counts; published dashboard survey tables retrieved September 17, 2026",
      "note": "Counts include active Minnesota licenses and do not measure staffed clinic capacity. Geography follows RUCA. Survey response populations vary by question."
    },
    "stateContext": {
      "url": "https://www.health.state.mn.us/facilities/ruralhealth/docs/summaries/rhcmn.pdf",
      "reportDate": "November 2025",
      "populationAndWorkforce": "Slide 22, published rounded population shares and all licensed health providers; providers are not limited to therapy.",
      "insurance": "Slide 13, 2023 Minnesota Health Access Survey; employer coverage is not BCBSMN enrollment."
    }
  },
  "stateContext": [
    {
      "region": "Metropolitan",
      "populationShare": 73,
      "allProviderShare": 80.3,
      "employerInsurance": 52.4,
      "publicInsurance": 41.2
    },
    {
      "region": "Large Town",
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      "allProviderShare": 9.7,
      "employerInsurance": 40.8,
      "publicInsurance": 50.8
    },
    {
      "region": "Small Town Rural",
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      "allProviderShare": 6,
      "employerInsurance": 38.4,
      "publicInsurance": 54.6
    },
    {
      "region": "Isolated Rural",
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      "allProviderShare": 4,
      "employerInsurance": 39,
      "publicInsurance": 54.4
    }
  ],
  "salaryComparison": {
    "geography": "United States",
    "period": "May 2025",
    "measure": "Median annual wages, not mean salary or benefits-inclusive compensation",
    "rows": [
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        "occupation": "Physicians and surgeons",
        "annualMedian": 275930,
        "source": "https://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/physicians-and-surgeons.htm",
        "schooling": "About 8 years of schooling",
        "educationDetail": "4-year bachelor’s + 4-year medical degree.",
        "trainingNote": "Then 3–9 years of internship/residency; fellowships may add 1–3 years.",
        "educationSources": [
          "https://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/physicians-and-surgeons.htm"
        ]
      },
      {
        "occupation": "Pharmacists",
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        "source": "https://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/pharmacists.htm",
        "schooling": "Typically 6–8 years of schooling",
        "educationDetail": "2–4 undergraduate years + a usual 4-year PharmD.",
        "trainingNote": "Optional residency/fellowship commonly adds 1–2 years; accelerated degree routes vary.",
        "educationSources": [
          "https://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/pharmacists.htm"
        ]
      },
      {
        "occupation": "Physician assistants",
        "annualMedian": 135880,
        "source": "https://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/physician-assistants.htm",
        "schooling": "6+ years of schooling",
        "educationDetail": "4-year bachelor’s + at least 2 years of PA study.",
        "trainingNote": "Prior patient-care work may also be required.",
        "educationSources": [
          "https://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/physician-assistants.htm"
        ]
      },
      {
        "occupation": "Nurse practitioners",
        "annualMedian": 132300,
        "source": "https://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/nurse-anesthetists-nurse-midwives-and-nurse-practitioners.htm",
        "schooling": "6+ years of schooling",
        "educationDetail": "Undergraduate nursing + graduate NP preparation.",
        "trainingNote": "",
        "educationSources": [
          "https://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/nurse-anesthetists-nurse-midwives-and-nurse-practitioners.htm",
          "https://npweek.aanp.org/facts-about-nps"
        ]
      },
      {
        "occupation": "Physical therapists",
        "annualMedian": 102760,
        "source": "https://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/physical-therapists.htm",
        "schooling": "About 7 years of schooling",
        "educationDetail": "4-year bachelor’s + 3-year DPT.",
        "trainingNote": "Optional residency/fellowship commonly adds 1-2 years",
        "educationSources": [
          "https://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/physical-therapists.htm",
          "https://abptrfe.apta.org/globalassets/abptrfe/for-programs/2022_residency_fellowship_fact_sheet.pdf"
        ]
      },
      {
        "occupation": "Occupational therapists",
        "annualMedian": 100330,
        "source": "https://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/occupational-therapists.htm",
        "schooling": "About 6–7 years of schooling",
        "educationDetail": "4-year bachelor’s + a usual 2–3-year master’s; doctoral routes also available.",
        "trainingNote": "Supervised fieldwork is part of professional preparation.",
        "educationSources": [
          "https://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/occupational-therapists.htm"
        ]
      },
      {
        "occupation": "Speech therapists (SLPs)",
        "annualMedian": 97870,
        "source": "https://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/speech-language-pathologists.htm",
        "schooling": "About 6 years of schooling",
        "educationDetail": "4-year bachelor’s + a usual 2-year master’s.",
        "trainingNote": "Postdegree supervised clinical experience is also required.",
        "educationSources": [
          "https://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/speech-language-pathologists.htm"
        ]
      },
      {
        "occupation": "Registered nurses",
        "annualMedian": 97550,
        "source": "https://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/registered-nurses.htm",
        "schooling": "2–4 years of schooling",
        "educationDetail": "Diploma: 2–3 years; BSN: 4. Associate-degree routes also available.",
        "trainingNote": "",
        "educationSources": [
          "https://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/registered-nurses.htm"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "educationMethod": "Typical full-time education routes after high school; bachelor’s degree assumed to take four years. Summed pathways are illustrative, not a measured mean. Residency, supervised postdegree work, prior experience, part-time study and accelerated alternatives are not silently counted as schooling."
  },
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    "observed": {
      "source": "https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260225473885/en/U.S.-Physical-Therapy-Reports-Fourth-Quarter-and-Full-Year-2025-Results",
      "population": "U.S. Physical Therapy, one national operator; not representative of Minnesota or national utilization",
      "visitsPerClinicDay2024": 30.4,
      "visitsPerClinicDay2025": 32.2,
      "annualVisits2024": 5353189,
      "annualVisits2025": 6150104,
      "note": "Daily clinic measure excludes home-care and is not same-clinic cohort; total growth includes portfolio changes."
    },
    "projected": {
      "source": "https://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/physical-therapists.htm",
      "measure": "Employment growth, not utilization",
      "period": "2025–2035",
      "ptPercent": 12,
      "allOccupationsPercent": 3
    },
    "historicalResearch": {
      "source": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38976486/",
      "period": "2000–2022",
      "scope": "Selected physical therapy procedures under Medicare Part B; abstract reports increased utilization."
    }
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    "fuel": {
      "source": "https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/pet_pri_gnd_dcus_smn_w.htm",
      "geography": "Minnesota",
      "grade": "Regular gasoline including taxes",
      "week": "2026-09-14",
      "published": "2026-09-15",
      "dollarsPerGallon": 4.223
    },
    "travel": {
      "source": "https://familymedicine.uw.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/open-access/RHRC_PBAPR2021_LARSON.pdf",
      "table": 4,
      "publication": "April 2021",
      "dataYear": 2014,
      "population": "Fee-for-service Medicare beneficiaries aged 65+ in Alaska, Idaho, North Carolina, South Carolina and Washington; all health care visits, not PT-only",
      "measure": "Separate one-way distance and time medians, combined here only as scenario inputs",
      "presets": [
        {
          "name": "Urban",
          "miles": 11.2,
          "minutes": 20
        },
        {
          "name": "All rural",
          "miles": 13.6,
          "minutes": 21
        },
        {
          "name": "Isolated small rural",
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          "minutes": 34
        }
      ]
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      "unitsBefore": 4,
      "unitsAfter": 3,
      "vehicleMPG": 25,
      "arrivalMinutes": 10,
      "copay": 25,
      "schedulingMinutes": 3
    }
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    "visitsPerDay": 9.6,
    "visitsPerPTYear": 2304,
    "clinicalHoursPerDay": 8,
    "minutesPerAppointment": 40,
    "capacityPercent": 80,
    "timeOffDays": 20,
    "weekdaysBeforeTimeOff": 260,
    "defaultPTs": 10,
    "defaultEligibleVisitPercent": 25,
    "defaultAverageUnits": 4,
    "defaultAllowance": 40,
    "note": "User-specified scenario; 0.25 units are averages, not fractional claim units; one fully paid qualifying unit per modeled eligible visit.",
    "allocation": {
      "ptCostsPercent": 40,
      "operatingCostsPercent": 40,
      "miscOtherNetPercent": 20,
      "costDollarsHeldFixed": [
        "PT costs",
        "Operating costs"
      ],
      "note": "Illustrative allocation, not an industry benchmark. Baseline per-visit reimbursement is assumed equal across payers; the entire policy reduction is removed from misc/other/net."
    }
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  "patientImpactEstimate": {
    "presentation": "Fixed illustrative estimate, not a calculator or measured policy effect",
    "baselineVisits": 12,
    "scenarioVisits": 16,
    "totalUnits": 48,
    "baselineUnitsPerVisit": 4,
    "scenarioUnitsPerVisit": 3,
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    "oneWayMinutes": 20,
    "vehicleMPG": 25,
    "gasDollarsPerGallon": 4.223,
    "arrivalMinutesPerTrip": 10,
    "sourceNotes": "See travelModelSources. Copay, vehicle efficiency, check-in and scheduling time are assumptions. Total time excludes treatment; out-of-pocket illustration includes fuel and copays only.",
    "schedulingMinutesPerVisit": 3,
    "copayPerVisit": 25
  }
}