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Cost containment in sports rehabilitation
1Center for Spine and Sports, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America
|November 25, 2000
Abstract:
Defining high-quality care and cost-effectiveness is not an easy task. In this article, the authors describe several strategies that have practical applicability for the clinician treating patients with sports-related injuries. Integration of some of these strategies may allow the more quality-based, cost-efficient use of available resources in sports rehabilitation.
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