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Outcome measurement in medical rehabilitation
C V Granger1, C M Brownscheidle
1State University of New York at Buffalo, USA.
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care
|January 1, 1995
Abstract:
The Uniform Data System for Medical Rehabilitation (UDSmr) provides a method for uniform assessment of the severity of patient disability and the outcomes of medical rehabilitative care. The effectiveness and efficiency of medical rehabilitation services may be analyzed using the Functional Independence Measure (FIM), the functional assessment component of the UDS, and other data. Program evaluation models based on the UDSMR and the FIM are useful for measuring resource cost of disability.