New Findings from Institute of Hospital and Health Care Administration in the Area of Stroke Reported (Long-term Rehabilitation Utilization Pattern Among Stroke Patients Under the National Health Insurance Program): Cerebrovascular Diseases and Conditions – Stroke

2022 JUL 29 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Health & Medicine Business Daily -- Data detailed on Cerebrovascular Diseases and Conditions - Stroke have been presented. According to news reporting originating in Taipei, Taiwan, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “The aim of this study was to understand the frequency of patients receiving rehabilitation services at various periods after stroke and the possible medical barriers to receiving rehabilitation. A retrospective cohort study was conducted using a nationally representative sample in Taiwan.”

The news reporters obtained a quote from the research from the Institute of Hospital and Health Care Administration, “A total of 14,600 stroke patients between 2005 and 2011 were included. Utilization of physical therapy or occupational therapy at different periods after stroke onset was the outcome variable. Individual and geographic characteristics were investigated to determine their effect on patients’ probability of receiving rehabilitation. More severe stroke or more comorbid diseases increased the odds of receiving physical therapy and occupational therapy; older age was associated with decreased odds. Notably, sex and stroke type influenced the odds of rehabilitation only in the early period. Copayment exemption lowered the odds of rehabilitation in the first 6 mos but increased the odds in later periods. Rural and suburban patients had significantly lower odds of receiving physical therapy and occupational therapy, as did patients living in areas with fewer rehabilitation therapists. Besides personal factors, geographic factors such as urban-rural gaps and number of therapists were significantly associated with the utilization of post-stroke rehabilitation care.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “Furthermore, the influence of certain factors, such as sex, stroke type, and copayment exemption type, changed over time.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Long-term Rehabilitation Utilization Pattern Among Stroke Patients Under the National Health Insurance Program. American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, 2022;101(2):129-134. American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation can be contacted at: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Two Commerce Sq, 2001 Market St, Philadelphia, PA 19103, USA. (Lippincott Williams and Wilkins - www.lww.com; American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation - http://journals.lww.com/ajpmr/pages/default.aspx)

Our news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Nicole Huang, Natl Yang Ming Chiao Tung Univ, Institute of Hospital and Health Care Administration, 155, Sec 2, Linong St, Taipei 112, Taiwan. Additional authors for this research include Huan-Jui Yeh, Ting-An Chen, Yiing-Jenq Chou and Hui-Chen Cheng.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1097/phm.0000000000001747. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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