Table 5. Characteristics of patients who died during inpatient rehabilitation by year of death.
| Total | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Died, N | 769 | 65 | 102 | 68 | 77 | 70 | 54 | 59 | 71 | 80 | 65 | 58 |
| Died, % | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.2% |
| Age, yrs | 77.0 (12.7) | 76.3 (12.0) | 77.5 (12.1) | 78.2 (12.1) | 76.6 (12.4) | 78.8 (12.6) | 75.2 (13.5) | 77.9 (10.7) | 78.1 (11.9) | 76.6 (12.5) | 77.2 (13.5) | 73.8 (16.3) |
| FIM® total admission | 55.7 (18.4) | 61.3 (19.9) | 61.5 (17.8) | 56.7 (19.7) | 55.6 (17.7) | 60.0 (16.2) | 54.7 (20.4) | 55.1 (17.7) | 51.2 (17.7) | 53.0 (18.1) | 50.2 (16.8) | 49.6 (16.0) |
| FIM motor admission | 32.7 (12.3) | 36.8 (12.7) | 36.1 (12.1) | 33.3 (13.1) | 32.2 (12.8) | 35.1 (11.3) | 32.3 (14.2) | 32.4 (11.8) | 29.9 (10.9) | 30.9 (12.1) | 29.3 (10.7) | 29.4 (10.7) |
| FIM cognition admission | 23.0 (8.3) | 24.5 (9.4) | 25.3 (8.4) | 23.4 (8.8) | 23.4 (7.5) | 24.9 (7.7) | 22.4 (8.9) | 22.8 (8.1) | 21.4 (8.3) | 22.1 (8.4) | 20.9 (7.7) | 20.2 (7.1) |
| Length of stay, days | 9.6 (9.3) | 9.9 (7.1) | 10.8 (8.5) | 10.7 (8.9) | 9.8 (9.4) | 8.8 (6.0) | 11.5 (20.5) | 8.8 (6.6) | 7.7 (6.2) | 9.7 (7.2) | 9.5 (8.7) | 8.4 (7.9) |
Data are presented as mean (SD). FIM® indicates Functional Independence Measure.
Yearly summaries represent fiscal year periods (October 1 to September 30) from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Fiscal year 2000 only includes data from January through September 2000.
Note: % is calculated from sample with complete data.