title: Outcome measurement in medical rehabilitation.
abstract: The Uniform Data System for Medical Rehabilitation (UDSmr) provides a method for uniform assessment of the severity of patient disability and the outcomes of medical rehabilitative care. The effectiveness and efficiency of medical rehabilitation services may be analyzed using the Functional Independence Measure (FIM), the functional assessment component of the UDS, and other data. Program evaluation models based on the UDSMR and the FIM are useful for measuring resource cost of disability.
authors.affiliation: State University of New York at Buffalo, USA.
authors.forename: C V
authors.initials: CV
authors.lastname: Granger
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Brownscheidle
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D006801:Humans; D009518:New York; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015397:Program Evaluation / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012046:Rehabilitation / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D016896:Treatment Outcome