Variation in Hospital-Based Rehabilitation Services Among Patients With Ischemic Stroke in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Little is known about variation in use of rehabilitation services provided in acute care hospitals for people who have had a stroke.

Objective

The objective was to examine patient and hospital sources of variation in acute care rehabilitation services provided for stroke.

Design

This was a retrospective, cohort design.

Methods

The sample consisted of Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries with ischemic stroke admitted to acute care hospitals in 2010. Medicare claims data were linked to the Provider of Services file to gather information on hospital characteristics and the American Community Survey for sociodemographic data. Chi-square tests compared patient and hospital characteristics stratified by any rehabilitation use. We used multilevel, multiva

SUBMITTER: Kumar A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6489167 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature