Abstract:
BACKGROUND:It is unclear if volume-outcome relationships exist in inpatient rehabilitation. OBJECTIVES:Assess associations between facility volumes and 2 patient-centered outcomes in the 3 most common diagnostic groups in inpatient rehabilitation. RESEARCH DESIGN:We used hierarchical linear and generalized linear models to analyze administrative assessment data from patients receiving inpatient rehabilitation services for stroke (n=202,423), lower extremity fracture (n=132,194), or lower extremity joint replacement (n=148,068) between 2006 and 2008 in 717 rehabilitation facilities across the United States. Facilities were assigned to quintiles based on average annual diagnosis-specific patient volumes. MEASURES:Discharge functional status (FIM instrument) and probability of home discharge. RESULTS:Facility-level factors accounted for 6%-15% of the variance in discharge FIM total scores and 3%-5% of the variance in home discharge probability across the 3 diagnostic groups. We used the middle volume quintile (Q3) as the reference group for all analyses and detected small, but statistically significant (P<0.01) associations with discharge functional status in all 3 diagnosis groups. Only the highest volume quintile (Q5) reached statistical significance, displaying higher functional status ratings than Q3 each time. The largest effect was observed in FIM total scores among fracture patients, with only a 3.6-point difference in Q5 and Q3 group means. Volume was not independently related to home discharge. CONCLUSIONS:Outcome-specific volume effects ranged from small (functional status) to none (home discharge) in all 3 diagnostic groups. Patients with these conditions can be treated locally rather than at higher volume regional centers. Further regionalization of inpatient rehabilitation services is not needed for these conditions.
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Med Carejournal_title
Medical careauthors
Graham JE,Deutsch A,O'Connell AA,Karmarkar AM,Granger CV,Ottenbacher KJdoi
10.1097/MLR.0b013e318286e3c8subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2013-05-01 00:00:00pages
404-12issue
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0025-7079issn
1537-1948pii
00005650-201305000-00005journal_volume
51pub_type
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