BACKGROUND The aim of this paper is to examine factors associated with discharge destination after acquired brain injury in a publicly insured population using the Anderson Behavioral Model as a framework. METHODS We utilized a retrospective cohort design. Inpatient data from provincial acute care records from fiscal years 2003/4 to 2006/7 with a diagnostic code of traumatic brain injury (TBI...

An important argument in favor of the encyclical theory of the epistle to the Ephesians is based upon the peculiarities found in the epistle itself. Yet these unusual features (e.g., the lack of personal greetings, the unusual statements in 1:15, 3:2, and 4:21, etc.) can all be satisfactorily explained in the light of an original Ephesian destination. After an examination of early scribal habit...

BACKGROUND Discharge destination, either home or skilled care facility, after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) may be associated with significant variation in postacute care outcomes. The purpose of this study was to characterize the 30-day postdischarge outcomes after primary TKA relative to discharge destination. METHODS All primary unilateral TKAs performed for osteoarthritis from 2011-2014 w...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the predictive validity of the Mobility Scale for Acute Stroke (MSAS) in determining discharge destination (home or not home) after an acute stroke. DESIGN Cohort study. SUBJECTS Two-hundred and twenty-three patients with acute ischemic or intraparenchymal hemorrhagic, unilateral stroke METHODS The MSAS was administered as part of the initial physical therapy examina...

OBJECTIVE To identify determinants for discharge destination of older (≥ 70 years) and younger (< 70 years) acute stroke patients. DESIGN Multicentre prospective cohort. PATIENTS A total of 395 patients, within 7 days of clinically evaluated stroke, were included from 6 hospital stroke units. METHODS The main outcome measure was discharge destination (home vs clinical rehabilitation). Ind...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Although implemented in 1998, no research has examined how well the Australian National Subacute and Nonacute Patient (AN-SNAP) Casemix Classification predicts length of stay (LOS), discharge destination, and functional improvement in public hospital stroke rehabilitation units in Australia. METHODS 406 consecutive admissions to 3 stroke rehabilitation units in Queensla...

STUDY DESIGN Retrospective cohort study of the prospective collected American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program database. OBJECTIVE The aim of the study was to identify predictive factors for the need of discharging patients to a facility other than home after lumbar spine fusion surgery. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Lumbar spine fusion surgery is a common surg...

INTRODUCTION With this growing demand, the length of stay for total hip arthroplasty (THA) procedures has decreased, and as a trade-off, we have seen a higher utilization of extended care facilities (ECFs). Both trends have significant economic implications on the health care system, and predicting the discharge destinations of THA patients would help policy makers plan for future health expend...