In extreme cases, the rehab center or the insurance company being asked to pay might decide it is not cost-effective to provide you rehab services. Permission is granted to print and distribute this excerpt for noncommercial use as long as the above source is included. The information in this article is meant to educate and should not be used as an alternative for professional medical care. Your primary physician will refer you to a rehab center, according to an evaluation of your needs, ability, and appropriate timing. Even if you are in a major medical center which includes a rehab facility, it is not guaranteed that you will gain access to its full range of services.
Some people are never inpatients, but access rehab services on an outpatient basis.
The rehab facility will have an admission specialist who will oversee the complex process of admission to the program. The process of admission relies on an estimate of what you would be capable of in terms of independence. Sadly, the determination will depend on finances more than anything else. In these extreme cases, the rehab center or the insurance company being asked to pay might decide it is not cost- effective to provide you rehab services. If you do not go through rehab, there are two options.