Cohort profile: the Acquired Brain Injury Community REhabilitation and Support Services OuTcomes CohoRT (ABI-RESTaRT), Western Australia, 1991-2020.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Transition back into the community following acute management of acquired brain injury (ABI) is a critical part of recovery. Post-acute rehabilitation and transitional care can significantly improve outcomes. The Acquired Brain Injury Community REhabilitation and Support Services OuTcomes CohoRT (ABI-RESTaRT) is a novel whole-population cohort formed to better understand the needs of individuals with ABI receiving post-acute rehabilitation and disability services in Western Australia (WA), and to improve their outcomes. To do this a unique combination of (1) internal clinical/rehabilitation data, and (2) externally linked health data from the WA Data Linkage System was used, including hospitalisations, emergency department presentations, mental health service use and death

SUBMITTER: Mann G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8413932 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature