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Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, 07/02/09
Kuptniratsaikul V et al. – A study reports the baseline for measuring the development of rehabilitation services for pts after stroke with a mean length of stay of 1 mo, and for estimating the reasonable costs.
Methods- Goal to set a baseline for measuring development of medical rehabilitation services and outcomes for pts after stroke and promoting rehabilitation medicine in Thailand
- Multi-center, prospective study
- Subjects: stable post-stroke pts in Thai Stroke Rehabilitation Registry (TSRR), age ≥18 yrs, able to follow 1-step command and sit for ≥ 30 min
- Rehabilitation services recorded daily as units of treatment (1 unit=20 min)
- Calculation of length of stay and treatment costs
- Of 327 enrolled pts, 285 (87.2%) completed treatment program
- Mean length of stay: 29.4 (SD 17.9) days
- Average number of total treatment units for stroke rehabilitation: 319.5 (range 27–1674 units)
- Top 3 services provided: 205 units of nursing, 40 units of physical therapy and 34 units of occupational therapy
- Mean total cost for all treatments during rehabilitation: 28,399 (SD 22,511) baht (approximately USD 789)
- Ratio of costs not related to rehabilitation vs those related to rehabilitation: ~ 2:1
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