Table 1.
Study Population by Impairment Diagnosis and Discharge Status
| Impairment Diagnosis | Readmitted to ACHs from IRF within 30 d, n (% of Impairment Group) |
All Other Discharges from IRF, n (% of Impairment Group) |
Total (% of Total IRF Discharges) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medically complex conditions | 1066 (13.6) | 6759 (86.4) | 7825 (0.7) |
| Pulmonary disorders | 2114 (12.9) | 14,250 (87.1) | 16,364 (1.5) |
| Cardiac disorders | 6412 (12.5) | 44,711 (87.5) | 51,123 (4.6) |
| Debility | 11,468 (11.9) | 84,950 (88.1) | 96,418 (8.7) |
| Brain dysfunction | 14,077 (11.4) | 109,828 (88.6) | 123,905 (11.2) |
| Amputation | 3917 (11.5) | 30,040 (88.5) | 33,957 (3.1) |
| Neurologic conditions | 16,494 (11.3) | 128,891 (88.7) | 145,385 (13.2) |
| Other disabling impairments | 1144 (11.0) | 9249 (89.0) | 10,393 (0.9) |
| Spinal cord dysfunction | 6692 (10.3) | 58,507 (89.7) | 65,199 (5.9) |
| Burns | 149 (9.7) | 1392 (90.3) | 1541 (0.1) |
| Stroke | 23,275 (9.0) | 236,207 (91.0) | 259,482 (23.5) |
| Congenital deformities | 33 (8.8) | 342 (91.2) | 375 (0.0003) |
| Major multiple trauma | 2612 (8.0) | 30,190 (92.0) | 32,802 (3.0) |
| Arthritis | 347 (7.4) | 4332 (92.6) | 4679 (0.4) |
| Pain syndromes | 297 (7.4) | 3712 (92.6) | 4009 (0.4) |
| Orthopedic conditions | 14,206 (5.7) | 235,122 (94.3) | 249,328 (22.6) |
| Total | 104,303 (9.5) | 998,482 (90.5) | 1,102,785 (100.0) |