ArticleArchives of physical medicine and rehabilitation2008
The effectiveness of inpatient rehabilitation in the acute postoperative phase of care after transtibial or transfemoral amputation: study of an integrated health care delivery system.
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- Effects of prosthetic limb prescription on 3-year mortality among Veterans with lower-limb amputation.Journal of rehabilitation research and development · 2015Observational
- Association between Functional Severity and Amputation Type with Rehabilitation Outcomes in Patients with Lower Limb Amputation.Rehabilitation research and practice · 2014Article
- Factors associated with home discharge after rehabilitation among male veterans with lower extremity amputation.PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitation · 2013Article
- Functional outcomes of persons who underwent dysvascular lower extremity amputations: effect of postacute rehabilitation setting.American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation · 2013Article
- Factors associated with total inpatient costs and length of stay during surgical hospitalization among veterans who underwent lower extremity amputation.American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation · 2013Article
- Patient-, treatment-, and facility-level structural characteristics associated with the receipt of preoperative lower extremity amputation rehabilitation.PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitation · 2013Article
- Factors influencing receipt of outpatient rehabilitation services among veterans following lower extremity amputation.Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation · 2011Article
- Factors associated with late specialized rehabilitation among veterans with lower extremity amputation who underwent immediate postoperative rehabilitation.American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation · 2011Article
- Determinants of postacute care discharge destination after dysvascular lower limb amputation.PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitation · 2011Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo compare outcomes between lower-extremity amputees who receive and do not receive acute postoperative inpatient rehabilitation within a large integrated health care delivery system.
designAn observational study using multivariable propensity score risk adjustment to reduce treatment selection bias.
settingData compiled from 9 administrative databases from Veterans Affairs Medical Centers.
participantsA national cohort of veterans (N=2673) who underwent transtibial or transfemoral amputation between October 1, 2002, and September 30, 2004.
interventionsNot applicable.
main outcome measuresOne-year cumulative survival, home discharge from the hospital, and prosthetic limb procurement within the first postoperative year.
resultsAfter reducing selection bias, patients who received acute postoperative inpatient rehabilitation compared to those with no evidence of inpatient rehabilitation had an increased likelihood of 1-year survival (odds ratio [OR]=1.51; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.26-1.80) and home discharge (OR=2.58; 95% CI, 2.17-3.06). Prosthetic limb procurement did not differ significantly between groups.
conclusionsThe receipt of rehabilitation in the acute postoperative inpatient period was associated with a greater likelihood of 1-year survival and home discharge from the hospital. Results support early postoperative inpatient rehabilitation following amputation.
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