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Assessment Of Differences In Inpatient Rehabilitation Services For Length Of Stay And Health Outcomes Between Us Medicare Advantage And Traditional Medicare Beneficiaries, Ying Cao, Jing Nie, Sue Ann Sisto, Paulette Niewczyk, Katia Noyes
Assessment Of Differences In Inpatient Rehabilitation Services For Length Of Stay And Health Outcomes Between Us Medicare Advantage And Traditional Medicare Beneficiaries, Ying Cao, Jing Nie, Sue Ann Sisto, Paulette Niewczyk, Katia Noyes
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Importance: Enrollment in Medicare Advantage (MA) has been increasing and has reached one-third of total Medicare enrollment. Because of data limitations, direct comparison of inpatient rehabilitation services between MA and traditional Medicare (TM) beneficiaries has been very scarce. Subgroups of elderly individuals admitted to inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs) may experience different care outcomes by insurance types.
Objective: To measure the differences in length of stay and health outcomes of inpatient rehabilitation services between TM and MA beneficiaries in the US.
Design, setting, and participants: This multiyear cross-sectional study used the Uniform Data System for Medical Rehabilitation to assess rehabilitation services …
Telehealth And Physical Therapy Clinical Decision Making In A Patient With A Falcine Meningioma, Ryan Boggs, Nicholas Frappa, Michael Ross, Michael Tall
Telehealth And Physical Therapy Clinical Decision Making In A Patient With A Falcine Meningioma, Ryan Boggs, Nicholas Frappa, Michael Ross, Michael Tall
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Telehealth utilizes information technologies and communication networks to deliver healthcare and education with lower costs and improved access, quality, and efficiency of healthcare services. This report describes the application of telehealth for medical screening, clinical decision making, and medical referral in a physical therapy practice. The patient described was a 50-year old man who contacted his physical therapist via telephone for a chief complaint of worsening left sided numbness and tingling that began insidiously 2 days prior. Further questioning revealed that the patient also complained of left ankle weakness, and slight unsteadiness with walking. He had not been feeling well …
The Relationship Between Disability And Hop Performance In Subjects Following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction, Joshua Prall, Michael Ross
The Relationship Between Disability And Hop Performance In Subjects Following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction, Joshua Prall, Michael Ross
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Background and purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between patient disability levels following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) and closed kinetic chain performance as measured through a single leg hop for distance test, a 45-second sagittal plane hop test, and a 45-second frontal plane hop test.
Methods: Sixteen subjects, all cadets at the U.S. Air Force Academy who had undergone unilateral ACLR, participated in this study (10 males, 6 females, age=21.7±1.2 years, height=178.3±8.7 cm, weight=79.8±14.3 kg). The Knee Outcome Survey Sports Activity Scale (SAS) was used as our disability measure. The tests used to measure …