Analysis of draft Australian rehabilitation service standards: comparison with international standards.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Following her review of health systems and structures Dwyer 1 suggested that there is a need to evaluate models of care for individuals with chronic diseases. Rehabilitation services aim to optimise the activity and participation of individuals with restrictions due to both acute and chronic conditions. Assessing and optimising the standard of these services is one method of assuring the quality of service delivered to these individuals. Knowledge of baseline standards allows evaluation of the impact of health care reforms in this area of need. The aim of this article is to compare the currently available rehabilitation service standards in Australia with those used in the USA and the UK.

Results

The mixed method qualitative analysis performed on the three sets of

SUBMITTER: Graham SK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2474639 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature