Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 7 , Pages 1284-1289 , July 2008

Inpatient Cancer Rehabilitation: A Retrospective Comparison of Transfer Back to Acute Care Between Patients With Neoplasm and Other Rehabilitation Patients

Presented to the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, November 2006, Honolulu, HI.

  • Ehsan Alam, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Case Western Reserve University, MetroHealth Rehabilitation Institute of Ohio, Cleveland, OH
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  • Richard D. Wilson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Healthcare Research and Policy, Cleveland, OH.
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  • Mary M. Vargo, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Case Western Reserve University, MetroHealth Rehabilitation Institute of Ohio, Cleveland, OH
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Mary M. Vargo, MD, Dept of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, MetroHealth Rehabilitation Institute of Ohio, 2500 MetroHealth Dr, Cleveland, OH 44109

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    The percentage of transfers in each group according to rehabilitation type.

    The percentage of transfers in each group according to rehabilitation type.

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    Malignant versus benign tumor transfer rate.

    Malignant versus benign tumor transfer rate.

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    Reason for transfer: neoplasm versus no neoplasm. Abbreviations: Card/pulm, cardiopulmonary; Endo/Metab, endocrine or metabolic; Hemat, hematologic; Neurol, neurologic; Planned, planned transfer.

    Reason for transfer: neoplasm versus no neoplasm. Abbreviations: Card/pulm, cardiopulmonary; Endo/Metab, endocrine or metabolic; Hemat, hematologic; Neurol, neurologic; Planned, planned transfer.

 Supported by the National Institutes of Health (grant no. K12- HD01097).No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the authors or upon any organization with which the authors are associated.

PII: S0003-9993(08)00273-6

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2008.01.014

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 7 , Pages 1284-1289 , July 2008

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