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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2013 Jan;92(1):14–27. doi: 10.1097/PHM.0b013e31827441bc

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Mean admission and discharge FIM® total ratings by discharge year. FIM® indicates Functional Independence Measure. Yearly summaries represent fiscal year periods (October 1 to September 30) from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Dashed vertical line signifies introduction of the prospective payment system (PPS), resulting in substantial changes to functional evaluation and patient management processes. In 2002, some rules for completing the FIM instrument items were changed.