• Arch Phys Med Rehabil · Mar 2012

    Quality of care indicators for the structure and organization of inpatient rehabilitation care of children with traumatic brain injury.

    • Jennifer M Zumsteg, Stephanie K Ennis, Kenneth M Jaffe, Rita Mangione-Smith, Ellen J MacKenzie, Frederick P Rivara, and National Expert Panel for the Development of Pediatric Rehabilitation Quality of Care Indicators.
    • Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
    • Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2012 Mar 1;93(3):386-93.e1.

    ObjectivesTo develop evidence-based and expert-driven quality indicators for measuring variations in the structure and organization of acute inpatient rehabilitation for children after traumatic brain injury (TBI) and to survey centers across the United States to determine the degree of variation in care.DesignQuality indicators were developed using the RAND/UCLA modified Delphi method. Adherence to these indicators was determined from a survey of rehabilitation facilities.SettingInpatient rehabilitation units in the United States.ParticipantsA sample of rehabilitation programs identified using data from the National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions, Uniform Data System for Medical Rehabilitation, and the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities yielded 74 inpatient units treating children with TBI. Survey respondents comprised 31 pediatric and 28 all age units.InterventionsNot applicable.Main Outcome MeasuresVariations in structure and organization of care among institutions providing acute inpatient rehabilitation for children with TBI.ResultsTwelve indicators were developed. Pediatric inpatient rehabilitation units and units with higher volumes of children with TBI were more likely to have: a census of at least 1 child admitted with a TBI for at least 90% of the time; adequate specialized equipment; a classroom; a pediatric subspecialty trained medical director; and more than 75% of therapists with pediatric training.ConclusionsThere were clinically and statistically significant variations in the structure and organization of acute pediatric rehabilitation based on the pediatric focus of the unit and volume of children with TBI.Copyright © 2012 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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