Post-Acute XXXX Rehabilitation: Effects on Outcome Measures and Life Care Costs.

@entity1 @entity131 @entity64 @entity1545
UNASSIGNED: Rehabilitation is the predominant post-acute treatment for @entity1 with @entity131 ( @entity131 ). We retrospectively evaluated the effectiveness of post-acute @entity131 rehabilitation by comparing outcome measures and life care cost with that of @entity1 with @entity64 ( @entity64 ) who underwent a multidisciplinary rehabilitation program within the same facility. To better assess the effects of rehabilitation, we only included @entity1 with no benefit limitations from the insurance carrier. Functional effectiveness was determined by comparing outcome scales, which included the Disability Rating Scale, Mayo Portland Inventory, Occupational Status Scale, Living Status Scale, and the Centre for Neuro Skills Scale. Cost-effectiveness was determined by having certified life care planners create separate cost projections from the admission and discharge @entity1 files. This allowed us to compare cost projections with and without rehabilitation for each @entity1 . Significant decreases in the cost projections, i.e., rehabilitation savings (RS), were found after rehabilitation for @entity131 . These RS were equivalent to those of @entity1 with @entity64 . Likewise, equivalent improvements were found on all of the outcome scales for both @entity1545 groups. We also evaluated if the latency from @entity131 to admission in the rehabilitation program had an influence on outcome. Cost and functional effectiveness was more marked when rehabilitation was initiated within the first year after @entity131 . The effects of age of @entity131 were also evaluated. Although RS were most marked in younger @entity1 , improvements in outcome measures were observed in all age groups after post-acute rehabilitation.
