Improving Health Care Outcomes Through Geriatric Rehabilitation

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ID9099396
AuthorsKathleen N Lohr (0000-0002-3825-0713, Research Triangle Park Foundation, corresponding author)
Year1997
Volume35
IssueSupplement
PagesJS121-JS130
Publication date1997-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueMedical Care (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0025-7079 • E-ISSN: 1537-1948
PublisherOvid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1097/00005650-199706001-00023
PMID9191722
OpenAlexW2320865905
LanguageEN
References cited19

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 importance of geriatric rehabilitation in ensuring high quality of care and good health status and functional outcomes for all elderly patients

Geriatric rehabilitation · Geriatrics · Health care · MEDLINE · Physical therapy · Psychiatry · Quality (philosophy) · Frailty in Older Adults · Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes · Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Rehabilitation · Gerontology

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