Table 1.
Patient characteristics and Functional Independence Measure Score (FIMS) by institution
| Median (25–75percentile) | A | B | C | All | |
| Age (Years) | 76 (68–81) (n = 390) | 75 (68–82) (n = 600) | 75 (68–81) (n = 1220) | 75 (68–81) (n = 2210) | |
| Duration of stay (days) | 22 (15–32) (n = 390) | 25 (17–36) (n = 601) | 26 (15–39) (n = 1220) | 25 (16–37)* (n = 2211) | |
| Admission FIM score (Total) | 71 (42–89) (n = 390) | 56 (30–80) (n = 601) | 66 (42–81) (n = 1006) | 64 (39–86)* (n = 1997) | |
| (Motor) | 45 (24–59) (n = 390) | 32 (16–50) (n = 601) | 43 (25–58) (n = 1007) | 40 (22–56)* (n = 1998) | |
| (Cognitive) | 25 (16–33) (n = 390) | 22 (11–33) (n = 601) | 23 (14–29) (n = 1037) | 23 (14–31)* (n = 2064) | |
| Discharge FIM score (Total) | 91 (57–108) (n = 390) | 72 (36–100) (n = 601) | 84 (57–105) (n = 1083) | 83 (51–105)* (n = 2074) | |
| (Motor) | 62 (38–75) (n = 390) | 46 (20–68) (n = 601) | 59 (38–75) (n = 1160) | 57 (31–74)* (n = 2151) | |
| (Cognitive) | 29 (19–35) (n = 390) | 25 (13–35) (n = 601) | 25 (17–31) (n = 1005) | 26 (16–33)* (n = 1996) | |
| FIM efficiency gain (Total) | 0.64 (0.27–1.07) (n = 390) | 0.31 (0–0.72) (n = 601) | 0.5 (0.21–0.89) (n = 1004) | 0.48 (0.15–0.89) (n = 1995) | |
| (Motor) | 0.57 (0.21–0.95) (n = 390) | 0.26 (0–0.61) (n = 601) | 0.44 (0.17–0.78) (n = 1073) | 0.42 (0.11–0.79)* (n = 2064) | |
| (Cognitive) | 0 (0–0.15) (n = 390) | 0 (0–0.03) (n = 601) | 0.04 (0–0.12) (n = 1073) | 0.01 (0–0.11) (n = 2064) | |
| No (%) | |||||
| Sex | M | 206 (52.8%) | 364 (60.6%) | 627 (51.4%)+ | |
| F | 184 (47.2%) | 237 (39.4%) | 593 (48.6%) | ||
| Preadmission Living arrangement | Home | 355 (91.0%) | 477 (79.4%) | 1107 (90.9%)+ | |
| Institution | 35 (9.0%) | 124 (20.6%) | 111 (9.1%) | ||
| Preadmission carer support – alone | 50 (12.8%) | 93 (15.5%) | 189 (15.6%)+ | ||
| Preadmission carer support – Family | 280 (71.8%) | 359 (59.7%) | 895 (73.7%) | ||
| Preadmission carer support – Paid help | 26 (6.7%) | 26 (4.3%) | 21 (1.7%) | ||
| Discharge living Arrangement | Home | 237 (60.8%) | 282 (46.9%) | 545 (50.2%)+ | |
| Institution | 153 (39.2%) | 319 (53.1%) | 531 (49.4%) | ||
| Discharge carer support – alone | 9 (2.3%) | 14 (2.3%) | 41 (3.8%) | ||
| Discharge carer support – Family | 189 (48.5%) | 249 (41.4%) | 496 (46.3%) | ||
| Discharge carer support – Paid help | 40 (10.3%) | 20 (3.3%) | 5 (0.5%) |
Chi Square test between institutions: +P < 0.001
Kruskal-Wallis test between institutions: *P < 0.001