title: Vocational/educational services in a medical rehabilitation facility: outcomes in spinal cord and brain injured patients.
abstract: Records of 86 patients were reviewed to study whether adding on-site professional vocational/educational staff to a multidisciplinary medical rehabilitation program made an impact on vocational/educational outcomes in patients with spinal cord and brain injuries. Differences in such outcomes between the 2 patient groups were also explored. Patients who participated in an inpatient program prior to the addition of on-site vocational/educational staff were compared to those who participated after professional staff were added. Vocational/educational placement rates increased from 19% or lower to as high as 78% in cases where vocational/educational services were appropriate.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D012047:Rehabilitation Centers; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D014829:Vocational Education