Table 3.

 Reported outcomes in 17 included randomised controlled trials (listed alphabetically by type of rehabilitation) of inpatient rehabilitation programmes specifically designed for geriatric patients

	Reported short term (at discharge) outcomes				Reported longer term (at 3-12 month follow-up) outcomes
	Functional improvement (instrument used)*	Nursing home admission	Mortality		Functional improvement (instrument used)*	Nursing home admission	Mortality	Length of follow-up to outcome measurement (months)
General geriatric rehabilitation
Applegate 1990	No	Yes	No		ADL score	Yes	Yes	12
Cohen 2002	Katz index	No	No		Katz index	Yes	Yes	12
Fleming 2004	No	No	No		No	Yes	Yes	12
Karppi 1995	No	No	No		Katz index	Yes	Yes	3 (function), 12 (nursing home admission, mortality)
Rubenstein 1984	No	Yes	Yes		Personal self maintenance scale	Yes	Yes	12
Saltvedt 2002	No	Yes	Yes		Barthel index	Yes	Yes	6 (nursing home admission), 12 (function, mortality)
White 1994	Katz index	Yes	Yes		No	No	No	Discharge
Young 2007	Barthel index†	No	Yes		Barthel index†	Yes	Yes	6
Orthopaedic geriatric rehabilitation
Cameron 1993	No	No	No		Barthel index	Yes	No	4
Gilchrist 1988	No	Yes	Yes		No	No	Yes	6
Huusko 2002	No	Yes	Yes		No	Yes	Yes	12
Kennie 1988	Katz index	Yes	Yes		Katz index	Yes	Yes	12
Naglie 2002	No	Yes	Yes		Barthel index	Yes	Yes	6
Shyu 2005	Barthel index	Yes	Yes		Barthel index	Yes	Yes	3
Stenvall 2007	Katz index	Yes	Yes		Katz index	Yes	Yes	12
Swanson 1998	Barthel index	Yes	Yes		No	No	Yes	6
Vidan 2005	Katz index	No	Yes		Katz index	No	Yes	3 (function), 12 (mortality)

ADL=activities of daily living.

*See methods for references of functional status measures.

†Functional status outcomes reported for only one study site (intervention group n=79, control group n=141).