TY  - BOOK
AU  - Chou, Jiling
AU  - Petriello, Marla
AU  - Wang, Christine Yunjae
AU  - Zorowitz, Richard David
TI  - Comparison of Functional Outcomes After Acute Inpatient Rehabilitation After Acquired Brain Injury Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic
SN  - 0894-9115
PY  - 2023///
KW  - *Brain Injuries
KW  - *COVID-19
KW  - Aged
KW  - Brain Injuries/rh [Rehabilitation]
KW  - Humans
KW  - Inpatients
KW  - Length of Stay
KW  - Medicare
KW  - Pandemics
KW  - Patient Discharge
KW  - Rehabilitation Centers
KW  - Retrospective Studies
KW  - United States/ep [Epidemiology]
KW  - Automated
KW  - MedStar Health Research Institute
KW  - MedStar National Rehabilitation Network
KW  - Journal Article
N2  - CONCLUSIONS: Despite the impact of hospital policies due to the COVID-19 pandemic, similar functional outcomes were obtained for those with acquired brain injury after inpatient rehabilitation. Copyright © 2023 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved; DESIGN: In this retrospective single-center chart review study, functional outcomes, based on the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility-Patient Assessment Instrument, were obtained and analyzed for patients in acute inpatient rehabilitation with acquired brain injury; OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to characterize and compare functional outcomes of acquired brain injury patients in an inpatient rehabilitation facility in the year before (April 2019-March 2020) and during the first year (April 2020-March 2021) of the COVID-19 pandemic, when the most drastic changes in the delivery of health care occurred; RESULTS: Data from 1330 patients were included for analysis. Functional outcomes of average self-care, bed mobility, and transfer scores were statistically, but not clinically, different between groups. More patients in the pandemic group were discharged home (prepandemic n = 454 [65.4%]; pandemic n = 461 [72.6%]; P = 0.011), although they had significantly longer lengths of stay (prepandemic median = 14.0 [interquartile range = 9.0-23.0]; pandemic = 16.0 [10.0-23.0]; P = 0.037)
UR  - https://dx.doi.org/10.1097/PHM.0000000000002243
ER  -