Planning for rehabilitation: a new approach.
The development of inpatient physical medicine and rehabilitation services has been hindered by a lack of proven methods for predicting future demand for services. Existing planning approaches are assessed and a new method for identifying and projecting rehabilitation needs from the acute care patient population is presented. The method incorporates an individual chart review mechanism and allows for quantification of potential demand under varying assumptions.
D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006748:Hospital Departments / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010814:Physical Therapy Department, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010934:Planning Techniques; D012040:Regional Health Planning; D012046:Rehabilitation / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States