Psychosocial Factors Associated with Prolonged Length of Stay in Acquired Brain Injury Rehabilitation: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

In a climate of rising healthcare costs and increasing pressure to reduce inpatient length of stay, hospitals must balance their role as care providers with that as resource stewards. There is a need to understand what factors are associated with patients staying beyond rehabilitation length of stay targets. The aim of this study was to determine psychosocial patient factors that are identifiable on admission that influence length of stay targets in acquired brain injury rehabilitation.

Methods

A retrospective case series of 167 inpatients with acquired brain injury was conducted at an urban, academic rehabilitation hospital. A total of 29 factors were used for data analysis. Logistic and multiple linear regression analysis was utilized to determine if any patient

SUBMITTER: McDougall A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10339228 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature