Table 1.

Main characteristics of Primary Care Dedicated Inpatient Rehabilitation and Primary Care Nursing Home Rehabilitation

Rehabilitation feature	PCDIR1	PCNHR2
Multi-dimensional assessment	Standardized	Not standardized
Professionals of the rehabilitation team	GP, nurse, physio- and occupational therapist. Other professionals at need	GP, nurse, physio- and occupational therapist. Other professionals at need
Rehabilitation arena	Short term beds in primary care dedicated inpatient rehabilitation centre	Short-term beds in primary care nursing homes
Focus of the setting	Continuous rehabilitation focus in an optimistic and realistic setting	Frequent shift of focus between rehabilitation and care
Rehabilitation process
Goals, plan, intervention tailored to the patient	Always	Occasional
Measurement instruments	Always, 3-4 regular	Occasional
Collaboration between patient, staff, relatives and primary health care	Close, in at least weekly meetings	Occasional
Training: Physical-, functional-, ADL-	In groups, one-by-one and self-training	In groups, one-by-one and self-training
Training intensity/frequency	Three hours/day	Two hours/day

PCDIR= Primary Care Dedicated Inpatient Rehabilitation 2. PCNHR= Primary Care Nursing Home Rehabilitation.