PMID: 9191722Jun 1, 1997Paper

Improving health care outcomes through geriatric rehabilitation. Conference summary

Medical Care
K N Lohr

Abstract

The Boston Working Group on Improving Health Care Outcomes Through Geriatric Rehabilitation was structured around four major themes: (1) defining disability or disablement; (2) the patient's experience of the processes and outcomes of care; (3) the role and value of clinical practice guidelines; and (4) the need for casemix and severity or risk adjustment procedures and measures. These discussions produced opening statements of policy or empiric issues and recommendations about the best means of demonstrating the benefits of geriatric rehabilitation and, in particular, how to measure, ensure, and improve the quality of rehabilitation services, especially for the elderly. This article summarizes the reports from the work groups and identifies some common themes. Critical points include: (1) the need to define and describe geriatric rehabilitation better for nonexperts in the health field and for patients and consumers in general; (2) the need for more research to link rehabilitation processes with measurable and clinically important outcomes; (3) the breadth and depth of domains of processes and outcomes of care that ideally could and should be measured; and (4) the need to reach many audiences with a clear message about the imp...Continue Reading

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Mar 17, 2004·American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation·Lisa I Iezzoni
Apr 7, 2004·Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics·Louise DemersChristina Wolfson
Oct 26, 2012·Seminars in Dialysis·Janine Farragher, Sarbjit Vanita Jassal

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