Longer length of post-acute care stay causes greater functional improvements in poststroke patients.

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Abstract

Post-acute care (PAC) is a type of transitional care for poststroke patients after the acute medical stage; it offers a relatively intensive rehabilitative program. Under Taiwan's National Health Insurance guidelines, the only patients who can transfer to PAC institutions are those who have had an acute stroke in the previous month, are in a relatively stable medical condition, and have the potential for improvement after aggressive rehabilitation. Poststroke patients receive physical, occupational, and speech therapy in PAC facility. However, few studies have evaluated the effects of PAC in poststroke patients since PAC's initiation in Taiwan. Thus, this study aims to investigate whether the length of stay in a PAC institution correlates with patients' improvements.This r

SUBMITTER: Tung YJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8257905 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature