title: A geriatric assessment and rehabilitation unit in a rehabilitation hospital.
abstract: This paper presents process and outcome data for a geriatric assessment unit in a rehabilitation hospital whose focus is on short-term rehabilitation. While the results presented here are positive, they are descriptive and do not prove a cause and effect relationship between the geriatric assessment and rehabilitation unit care and the outcomes described. This unit is currently being evaluated by a prospective randomized controlled clinical trial.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006746:Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over; D006757:Hospital Units; D006801:Humans; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D012047:Rehabilitation Centers; D013714:Tennessee