Comparison of Subacute and Hospital Based Rehabilitation Care

Completed · Phase 2

Conditions studied: Aging

In brief

The proposed study objective is to compare hospital-based rehabilitative care with transitional subacute rehabilitation for adults recently diagnosed with a disabling disorder. Clinical outcomes, cost and utilization of services will be compared in order to test the hypotheses that medically-stable patients receiving rehabilitation from subacute care facilities will: 1) function as well physically, 2) report less family dysfunction, 3) have better psychological adjustment and well-being than controls who receive only hospital-based inpatient care, and 4) receive services at lower cost. We intend to assess the impact of hospital-based versus subacute care on clinical and cost outcomes at admission, discharge \[3 months post-admission\] and at 12 months. The first set of analyses will determine predictors of physical function, family function, psychological adjustment and well-being over a 1 year period.

Key facts

Study ID
NCT00038363
Run by
US Department of Veterans Affairs
People needed
260
Starts
2001-04-01
Expected to finish
2004-03-01
Last updated by the study team
2009-01-21

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

Where it is running

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