Integrating outcomes, value, and quality. An outcome validation system for post-acute rehabilitation programs.

Post-acute rehabilitation for persons with acquired brain injury (ABI, i.e., trauma, stroke, anoxia) refers to a variety of rehabiitafion services provided in various, typically nonhospital contexts. Post-acute service options include skilled nursing facility-based rehabilitation programs (also commonly referred to as "sub-acute" programs), residential treatment programs (also referred to as transitional living programs and community reentry programs), home-based treatment options, and hospitaland non-hospital-based day treatment and outpatient services (see Kreutzer and Wehman, 1990, for a review of post-acute rehabilitation options for persons with ABI).