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Krasovsky T, Barak S, Dishon-Berkovits M, Sadeh Y, Landa J, Brezner A, Silberg T. Factors associated with Multidisciplinary Healthcare Resource Utilization Following Discharge from Pediatric Rehabilitation: A One-year Follow-up Study. Phys Occup Ther Pediatr 2022; 42:579-594. [PMID: 35440261 DOI: 10.1080/01942638.2022.2061887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
Abstract
AIMS To characterize multidisciplinary healthcare resource utilization (mHRU), including physical, occupational, speech and psychosocial therapy one-year following discharge from prolonged inpatient and outpatient pediatric rehabilitation in Israel and to identify factors associated with long-term mHRU. METHODS According to Andersen's model of health service use, predisposing (child's age and sex), enabling (district of origin, income level, parental education, insurance) and need factors (injury type, functional status, family psychosocial risk) were collected from parents of children hospitalized for >1 month in a large rehabilitation hospital in Israel, and phone interviews were held 3-months (T1), 6-months (T2) and 12-months (T3) post-discharge. The effect of time and the role of various factors on mHRU, operationalized as number of therapy sessions in the previous 2 weeks, were evaluated. RESULTS Sixty-one families participated at T1 and T2, and 46 participated at T3. HRU was similar over time. Predisposing factors (age) and need factors (functional status and psychosocial risk) were associated with specific disciplines of mHRU, but enabling factors were not. CONCLUSIONS mHRU is high and stable 12-months post-discharge. The lack of impact of enabling factors on mHRU, and the discipline-specific impact of predisposing and need factors, support equity of care provision for children following prolonged rehabilitation.
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Affiliation(s)
- Tal Krasovsky
- Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel.,Department of Pediatric Rehabilitation, The Edmond and Lily Safra Children's Hospital, Sheba Medical Center, Ramat-Gan, Israel
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- Department of Pediatric Rehabilitation, The Edmond and Lily Safra Children's Hospital, Sheba Medical Center, Ramat-Gan, Israel.,Kaye Academic College of Education, Physical Education, Beer-Sheva, Israel.,College of Public Health, Ben Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel
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- Department of Pediatric Rehabilitation, The Edmond and Lily Safra Children's Hospital, Sheba Medical Center, Ramat-Gan, Israel.,The Louis and Gabi Weisfeld School of Social Work, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
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- Department of Pediatric Rehabilitation, The Edmond and Lily Safra Children's Hospital, Sheba Medical Center, Ramat-Gan, Israel.,Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Pediatric Rehabilitation, The Edmond and Lily Safra Children's Hospital, Sheba Medical Center, Ramat-Gan, Israel
| | - Tamar Silberg
- Department of Pediatric Rehabilitation, The Edmond and Lily Safra Children's Hospital, Sheba Medical Center, Ramat-Gan, Israel.,Department of Psychology, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
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