Post-acute rehabilitation outcome: relationship to case-management techniques and strategy.
Successful outcome for the traumatically brain-injured (TBI) patient is dependent on both a productive clinical therapy program and an effective case-management strategy by the carrier. This retrospective study focuses on identifying those case-management techniques which contributed to improvement in the disability, living, and occupational status of patients in a post-acute rehabilitation program. Statistical analysis indicated a positive relationship between two case-management factors and improved patient outcome. Additional analysis demonstrated predictive qualities of specific admission data for patient program cost. A review of these case-management techniques and their impact on discharge disability, living, and occupational status will be discussed.
Ashley
M J
MJ
Persel
C S
CS
Lehr
R P
RP
Feldman
B
B
Krych
D K
DK
D000328:Adult; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D006801:Humans; D007345:Insurance Claim Review; D008297:Male; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000592:standards*; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014481:United States