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• TITLE: Inpatient rehabilitation outcomes in solid organ transplantation: Results of a unique partnership between the rehabilitation hospital and the multi-organ transplant unit in an acute hospital

  AUTHORS: John T. Patcai, Marie P. Disotto-Monastero, Manuel Gomez, Lesley E. Adcock

  KEYWORDS: Rehabilitation; Outcomes Assessment; Transplants; Patient Readmission; Health Planning Guidelines

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation, Vol.1 No.2, November 25, 2013

  ABSTRACT: Objective: To determine the outcomes in solid organ transplant recipients following inpatient rehabilitation, as a result of a unique partnership between the rehabilitation hospital and the multi-organ transplant program in an acute hospital. Design: Retrospective observational study. Setting: Community rehabilitation hospital affiliated with a university. Participants: A cohort of 173 organ transplant patients admitted consecutively over a four-year period (2004-2008) was compared to a cohort of all rehabilitation patients (n = 9762) admitted to the same inpatient rehab facility during the same period. Interventions: Inpatient rehab program to all participants. Main Outcome Measures: Length of hospital stay, Functional Independence Measure (FIMTM) change (admission-discharge), and rate of discharges to home. Results: Outcomes were measured using components of the FIMTM instrument, admission and discharge data. Chi-square and independent two-sample t-tests were used for statistical analysis. Compared to a general rehabilitation inpatient population, transplant rehabilitation inpatients had: more immediate (TM change (8.9 vs. 20.9, p TM efficiency (1.1 vs. 1.4, p