Utilization of rehabilitation therapy services in Parkinson disease in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine rehabilitation therapy utilization for Parkinson disease (PD).

Methods

We identified 174,643 Medicare beneficiaries with a diagnosis of PD in 2007 and followed them through 2009. The main outcome measures were annual receipt of physical therapy (PT), occupational therapy (OT), or speech therapy (ST).

Results

Outpatient rehabilitation fee-for-service use was low. In 2007, only 14.2% of individuals with PD had claims for PT or OT, and 14.6% for ST. Asian Americans were the highest users of PT/OT (18.4%) and ST (18.4%), followed by Caucasians (PT/OT 14.4%, ST 14.8%). African Americans had the lowest utilization (PT/OT 7.8%, ST 8.2%). Using logistic regression models that accounted for repeated measures, we found that African American patients (adjust

SUBMITTER: Fullard ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5595277 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature