The Correlation Between the Length of Stay and Improvements in Post Acute Care Stroke Patients

To investigate whether the duration of hospitalization in post acute care(PAC) correlates to the patients ’ improvements since there’s no research evaluating the effects of PAC for stroke patients ever since the PAC plan inaugurated in Taiwan. PAC is a transitional care following acute medical stage for stroke patients and offering a more intensive rehabilitative program. According to National Healt h Insurance in Taiwan, only patients encountered acute stroke within one month, under relative stable medical condition and had potential for aggressive rehabilitation could transfer to PAC institution.
Source: Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation - Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Source Type: research