Rules for rehabilitation: an agenda for research.
Rehabilitation services have grown tremendously in the United States over the past 2 decades. Rules originally designed to guide Medicare reimbursement policies have had substantial effects in shaping the design of clinical services. This article traces the development of the most significant federal rules regarding rehabilitation, outlines the existing empirical evidence to support these rules, and discusses an agenda for research to improve the evidence for future policy development.
Weinrich
Michael
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National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD 20852, USA. mw287k@NIH.GOV
Stuart
Mary
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Hoyer
Thomas
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