Rehabilitation fees, length of stay and efficiency for hospitalized stroke patients: a preliminary study based on function-related groups.

JH Lin, SF Hsiao, CK Liu, YT Lin - The Kaohsiung journal of medical …, 2001 - europepmc.org
study was to examine the relationships between severity of disability and factors such as
rehabilitation fees, length of stay and efficiency … The findings of this study suggest that FIM-FRGs …

Rehabilitative post-acute care for stroke patients delivered by per-diem payment system in different hospitalization paths: A Taiwan pilot study

CY Wang, YR Chen, JP Hong, CC Chan… - … Journal for Quality in …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
costs of PAC for stroke patients is to minimize the duration of their hospital stay before transfer
to rehabilitative … providing efficient and effective post-stroke rehabilitative care with a lower …

Discharge destination and motor function outcome in severe stroke as measured by the functional independence measure/function-related group classification system

R Sandstrom, PJ Mokler, KM Hoppe - … physical medicine and rehabilitation, 1998 - Elsevier
… per diem system based on reasonable cost with a reimbursement … Although the general
effectiveness of stroke rehabilitationstroke inpatient rehabilitation outcome in 88% of the study

Trends in length of stay, living setting, functional outcome, and mortality following medical rehabilitation

KJ Ottenbacher, PM Smith, SB Illig, RT Linn, GV Ostir… - Jama, 2004 - jamanetwork.com
… Measure-Function Related Groups. Washington, DC: US … changes in rehabilitation
effectiveness, efficiency, discharge to … we reported increased hospital readmission rates

Rehabilitation impact indices and their independent predictors: a systematic review

GCH Koh, CH Chen, R Petrella, A Thind - BMJ open, 2013 - bmjopen.bmj.com
… We limited our search to articles in English as the cost of technical translations was beyond
our … for hospitalized stroke patients: a preliminary study based on function-related groups. …

Rehabilitation of the older stroke patient: functional outcome and comparison with younger patients

D Ergeletzis, CG Kevorkian… - … medicine & rehabilitation, 2002 - journals.lww.com
… (indirect costs). Many older stroke survivors receive inpatient rehabilitation interventions. …
motor of 13–37) of stroke function related groups had greater functional outcomes than their …

Key neurological impairments influence function-related group outcomes after stroke

L Han, D Law-Gibson, M Reding - Stroke, 2002 - Am Heart Assoc
… From length of stay, one can estimate the cost of care and … other acute inpatient stroke
rehabilitation units across the country. … FIM efficiency, and shorter length of inpatient rehabilitation

Inpatient Rehabilitation After Stroke: A Comparison of Lengths of Stay and Outcomes in the Veterans Affairs and Non–Veterans Affairs Health Care System

MG Stineman, RN Ross, BB Hamilton, G Maislin… - Medical care, 2001 - journals.lww.com
Function Related Group (FRG) patient classification system. … with charges and costs in the
inpatient rehabilitation setting. … VA rehabilitation is less efficient for patients whose strokes are …

FUNCTIONAL GAIN AND LENGTH OF STAY FOR MAJOR REHABILITATION IMPAIRMENT CATEGORIES: Patterns Revealed by Function Related Groups: 1

MG Stineman, BB Hamilton, JE Goin… - … & rehabilitation, 1996 - journals.lww.com
… impairment categories for patients discharged from inpatient rehabilitation. These … rehabilitation
facilities are responding to cost-containment pressures by increasing service efficiency. …

Outcome indicators for stroke: application of an algorithm treatment across the continuum of postacute rehabilitation services

BE Bates, MG Stineman - Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation, 2000 - Elsevier
… FIM Function Related Groups (FIM-FRG) patient classification … patients' functional outcomes,
total costs of restorative … sector inpatient rehabilitation setting, the stroke FIM-FRG groupings