Post-acute rehabilitation outcome: relationship to case-management techniques and strategy

Successful outcome for the traumatically brain-injured (TBI) patient is dependent on both a productive clinical therapy program and an effective case-management strategy by the carrier. This retrospective study focuses on identifying those case-management techniques which contributed to improvement in the disability, living, and occupational status of patients in a post-acute rehabilitation program. Statistical analysis indicated a positive relationship between two case-management factors and improved patient outcome. Additional analysis demonstrated predictive qualities of specific admission data for patient program cost. A review of these case-management techniques and their impact on discharge disability, living, and occupational status will be discussed.