Use of Hospital-Based Rehabilitation Services and Hospital Readmission Following Ischemic Stroke in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the association between hospital-based rehabilitation service use and all-cause 30-day hospital readmission among patients with ischemic stroke.

Design

Secondary analysis of inpatient Medicare claims data using Standard Analytical Files.

Setting

Acute hospitals across the United States.

Participants

From nationwide data, Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries (N=88,826) aged 66 years or older hospitalized for ischemic stroke between January to November 2010.

Interventions

Hospital-based rehabilitation services were quantified using Medicare inpatient claims revenue center codes for evaluation (occupational therapy [OT] and physical therapy [PT]), as well as the number of therapy units delivered. Therapy minutes for both OT and PT ser

SUBMITTER: Kumar A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6599551 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature