Importance The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently identified 30-day
readmission after discharge from inpatient rehabilitation facilities as a national quality …

Objective: To determine whether the Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems National
Database (TBIMS-NDB) is representative of individuals aged 16 years and older admitted …

The measure of functional status on admission and discharge is the Functional
Independence Measure (FIM), an 18-item, seven-level scale of in-dependent performance in …

Abstract Granger CV, Markello SJ, Graham JE, Deutsch A, Ottenbacher KJ: The Uniform
Data System for Medical Rehabilitation: report of patients with stroke discharged from …

Background The proposed Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) 30-day
readmission risk standardization models for inpatient rehabilitation facilities establish …

Assessment of functional status is a major responsibility for professionals practicing in
rehabilitation facilities. Functional assessment tools have been created to meet this need …

Abstract Granger CV, Markello SJ, Graham JE, Deutsch A, Reistetter TA, Ottenbacher KJ:
The Uniform Data System for Medical Rehabilitation: Report of patients with traumatic brain …

Objective: To describe trajectories of functioning up to 5 years after traumatic brain injury
(TBI) that required inpatient rehabilitation in the United States using individual growth curve …

Objective To describe the abilities of Medicare patients in inpatient rehabilitation facilities
(IRFs) at admission and discharge using the standardized self-care and mobility data …

Objective To comprehensively describe the temporal patterns of global outcome after
traumatic brain injury (TBI) in the Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems National Database …