Rehabilitation Needs in the 1990s
Effects of an Aging Population
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9103051 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thomas W Findley, Thomas Findley (Brown University), Sally E Findley (0000-0003-1744-3302, Brown University) |
| Year | 1987 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Pages | 753-763 |
| Publication date | 1987-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Medical Care (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0025-7079 • E-ISSN: 1537-1948 |
| Publisher | Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1097/00005650-198708000-00008 |
| PMID | 2961961 |
| OpenAlex | W2093678680 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
The number of physically disabled persons has risen in the past few decades. Acute rehabilitation will continue to increase in importance as a result of the disease and age structure of the population, as well as current hospital reimbursement practices. This project quantifies the continued rise to be expected into the 1990s on the basis of increasing age of the population, using census and hospital discharge data for the state of Rhode Island, which has a population of almost 1 million and is well suited to demographic studies. Although Rhode Island's population is expected to increase by only 3% between 1980 and 1990, a 20% increase is expected for persons over age 65. Age-specific national disability rates applied to these projections show an increase of 7% in persons with activity limitations, with those over age 65 constituting 58% of those with limitations. The most severely disabled, those requiring inpatient rehabilitation, are increasing even more. Estimates of inpatient rehabilitation for the recently disabled person show an increase of 15% by methods developed here based on acute hospitalization data
Census · Environmental health · Health care · Physical therapy · Population · Reimbursement · Demography · Healthcare Systems and Technology · Medicine · Rehabilitation · Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery · Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation · Gerontology
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,05 |
| Citation span | 1988 - 1992 (5) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |