“Inpatient rehabilitation facilities provide more intensive rehabilitation care— usually more than three hours per day— than skilled nursing facilities.”
Fewer Than 1 in 4 Patients with Stroke and 1 in 7 with Brain Injury Receive Inpatient Rehab
“Inpatient rehabilitation facilities provide more intensive rehabilitation care— usually more than three hours per day— than skilled nursing facilities.”
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Fewer than one in four people with stroke and fewer than one in seven people with traumatic brain injury receive inpatient rehabilitation care after being hospitalized, according to a study published in Neurology Open Access. Researchers found disparities in access across sex, race, insurance coverage and income level.
“ Receiving intensive rehabilitation after stroke, traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury can improve a person’ s recovery, yet access to inpatient rehabilitation care remains inconsistent and may not be equitable,” said study author Farhaan S. Vahidy, MBBS, Ph. D., of
TIRR Memorial Hermann in Houston, Texas, and a member of the American Academy of Neurology.
“ Inpatient rehabilitation facilities provide more intensive rehabilitation care— usually more than three hours per day— than skilled nursing facilities,” said Vahidy.“ Our study found fewer people receive this type of rehabilitation than are likely eligible, with concerning disparities affecting historically marginalized communities, people with Medicaid and those from lower-income areas.”