What's in a Building? A Descriptive Survey of Adult Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Buildings in Victoria, Australia.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To identify all the services that offer inpatient rehabilitation in Victoria, Australia, and to describe the buildings in which these services are housed, including their size, age, whether or not they were purpose-built, whether or not they are colocated with a tertiary hospital, the proportion of single-bed rooms, and ward layout.

Design

Cross-sectional survey of inpatient rehabilitation buildings. Data were collected via telephone questionnaire and websites.

Participants

Sixty-four rehabilitation facilities were identified and all participated in the survey (37 public, 27 private).

Results

Results revealed heterogeneity on most variables measured, including size (number of beds ranged from 2-104), age (oldest building built in 1860, and 26% built s

SUBMITTER: Lipson-Smith R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7853350 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature