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University of Wollongong

Australian Health Services Research Institute

2009

Australia

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The Aroc Annual Report: The State Of Rehabilitation In Australia In 2008, Frances Simmonds, Tara Stevermuer, Nicole Rankin Jan 2009

The Aroc Annual Report: The State Of Rehabilitation In Australia In 2008, Frances Simmonds, Tara Stevermuer, Nicole Rankin

Australian Health Services Research Institute

This is the fourth comprehensive annual report describing discharge episodes from subacute inpatient rehabilitation programs provided by facilities that are members of the Australasian Rehabilitation Outcomes Centre (AROC). The inaugural report was published in April 2007 and described the 2005 data; this fourth instalment describes the 2008 data.


Focussing On Cancer Rehabilitation In Australia. Aroc Data 2007-2008, Monique Berger, Tara Stevermuer, Frances Simmonds Jan 2009

Focussing On Cancer Rehabilitation In Australia. Aroc Data 2007-2008, Monique Berger, Tara Stevermuer, Frances Simmonds

Australian Health Services Research Institute

The Australasian Rehabilitation Outcomes Centre (AROC) has been collecting a national rehabilitation data set in Australia since 2002 for the purposes of national benchmarking to improve outcomes in both the public and the private sectors. During 2007 a review of the FIMTM Impairment Codes - Aus included the renaming of the old code 16 "Debility" to "Reconditioning/Restorative". Three classes within this impairment were introduced - reconditioning post surgical management, reconditioning post medical management and cancer rehabilitation (for patients who have become deconditioned as a result of their cancer or treatment for cancer). A category for cancer rehabilitation was included to …


The Aroc Annual Report: The State Of Rehabilitation In Australia In 2007, Frances Simmonds, Tara Stevermuer, Christopher Magee, Monique Berger Jan 2009

The Aroc Annual Report: The State Of Rehabilitation In Australia In 2007, Frances Simmonds, Tara Stevermuer, Christopher Magee, Monique Berger

Australian Health Services Research Institute

This is the third comprehensive annual report describing discharge episodes from subacute inpatient rehabilitation programs provided by facilities that are members of the Australasian Rehabilitation Outcomes Centre (AROC). The inaugural report was published in April 2007 and described the 2005 data; this third instalment describes the 2007 data.