Postacute Care Setting, Facility Characteristics, and Poststroke Outcomes: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To synthesize research comparing poststroke health outcomes between patients rehabilitated in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) and those in inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs) as well as to evaluate relations between facility characteristics and outcomes.

Data sources

PubMed and CINAHL searches spanned January 1, 1998, to October 6, 2016, and encompassed MeSH and free-text keywords for stroke, IRF/SNF, and study outcomes. Searches were restricted to peer-reviewed research in humans published in English.

Study selection

Observational and experimental studies examining outcomes of adult patients with stroke rehabilitated in an IRF or SNF were eligible. Studies had to provide site of care comparisons and/or analyses incorporating facility-level charact

SUBMITTER: Alcusky M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5874162 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature