Reducing hospital length of stay with criteria-led transfer from the acute stroke unit to inpatient rehabilitation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Criteria-led transfer allows transfer of select stroke patients to inpatient rehabilitation without rehabilitation physician review, which may be a barrier for timely transfers.

Objective

Primary: determine the proportion of patients transferred via criteria-led transfer and waitlist time. Secondary: determine the number of unplanned 30-day acute hospital representations and readmissions from inpatient rehabilitation, and number of daily allied health contacts while waitlisted.

Method

A single-centre retrospective analysis was conducted on all patients transferred from the acute stroke unit to inpatient rehabilitation in 2023.

Results

178 (79%) patients successfully used criteria-led transfer, 22 (9.5%) did not meet criteria and the remainder attende

SUBMITTER: Cai P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12481387 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature