OBJECTIVE: To examine the amount and type of therapy services received in inpatient and postdischarge settings during the first year after @entity1566 ( @entity1566 ). DESIGN: Prospective observational longitudinal cohort design. Data were obtained from systematic recording of interventions by clinicians and from @entity1 interview. SETTING: Inpatient and postdischarge rehabilitation programs. @entity1 : @entity1 (N=493) with traumatic @entity1566 admitted to 6 rehabilitation centers participating in the SCIRehab study. INTERVENTIONS: Not applicable. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Hours of therapy by physical therapy (PT), occupational therapy (OT), speech therapy, recreation therapy, psychology, social work/case management, and nursing education during initial inpatient rehabilitation and postdischarge up to the first anniversary of injury. Inpatient data were collected prospectively by the treating clinicians; postdischarge service data were collected by @entity1 self-report during follow-up interviews. RESULTS: Of the total hours spent on these rehabilitation interventions during the first year after injury, 44% occurred after discharge from inpatient rehabilitation. @entity1 received 56% of their PT hours after discharge and 52% of their OT hours, but only a minority received any postdischarge services from other rehabilitation disciplines. While wide variation was found in the total hours of inpatient treatment across all disciplines, the variation in the total hours of postdischarge services was greater, with the interquartile range of postdischarge services being twice that of the inpatient services. CONCLUSIONS: @entity1566 rehabilitation is often given in a care continuum, with inpatient rehabilitation being only the beginning. Reductions in inpatient @entity1566 rehabilitation length of stay are well documented, but the postdischarge services that may replace some inpatient treatment appear to be greater than previously reported. The availability and impact of postdischarge care should be studied in greater detail to capture the wide array of postdischarge services and outcomes.

Inpatient and postdischarge rehabilitation services provided in the first year after XXXX : findings from the SCIRehab Study.

@entity1566 :: ('MESH:D013119', 'Disease') :: ['spinal cord injury', 'SCI'] @entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['Patients', 'patient', 'Participants', 'PARTICIPANTS']
@entity1566 :: (MESH:D013119,Disease) :: ['spinal cord injury']
