Referral to Community-Based Rehabilitation Following Acute Stroke: Findings From the COMPASS Pragmatic Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Few studies on care transitions following acute stroke have evaluated whether referral to community-based rehabilitation occurred as part of discharge planning. Our objectives were to describe the extent to which patients discharged home were referred to community-based rehabilitation and identify the patient, hospital, and community-level predictors of referral.

Methods

We examined data from 40 North Carolina hospitals that participated in the COMPASS (Comprehensive Post-Acute Stroke Services) cluster-randomized trial. Participants included adults discharged home following stroke or transient ischemic attack (N=10  702). In this observational analysis, COMPASS data were supplemented with hospital-level and county-level data from various sources. The primary outco

SUBMITTER: Jones Berkeley SB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10997162 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature