OBJECTIVE:
To evaluate rehabilitation inpatients' willingness and ability to complete patient-reported outcomes (PROs) and the burden of completion on patients and staff.
DATA SOURCES/STUDY SETTING:
Two inpatient rehabilitation facilities.
STUDY DESIGN:
Patients with neurological disorders were assigned randomly to receive a nominal monetary incentive during or 1 month after the stay.
DATA COLLECTION:
Patients responded using a tablet computer or paper.
PRINCIPAL FINDINGS:
Of the 1,055 admissions, 74 percent were eligible, and 51 percent of eligible patients completed the survey. Most answered without assistance. A majority completed the survey 1 month after discharge; incentive timing was unrelated to postdischarge completion. Half of the 285 follow-up respondents required at least two reminder calls.
CONCLUSIONS:
Collection of PROs from rehabilitation patients is feasible. Results inform policy makers regarding feasibility of PRO data in evaluating rehabilitation quality.
Feasibility of collecting patient-reported outcomes for inpatient rehabilitation quality reporting
Heinemann, A. W., Deutsch, A. F., Cella, D., Cook, K. F., Foster, L., Miskovic, A., Davis, K., & Goldsmith, A. (2018). Feasibility of collecting patient-reported outcomes for inpatient rehabilitation quality reporting. Health Services Research, 53(3), 1834-1850. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6773.12729
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