Abstract

Objective: To compare the community discharge rates of severe stroke patients to nonsevere stroke patients in the Uniform Data System for Medical Rehabilitation database. Design: Retrospective cohort study. Setting: 882 inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs). Participants: 87,361 stroke patients discharged during calendar year 2005. Severe stroke patients were defined as having met criteria for classification into case-mix group 0110 (N=24,609) and were compared with nonsevere stroke patients in the database (N=62,752).

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