Levels of Care

WHO WE SERVED

During the fiscal year July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010, Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital discharged a total of 613 patients on its LTACH unit. All were adults over 18 yeras of age.

• LTACH Fast Facts

Cardiac	79
Pulmonary	188
Wound	66
Rehab Diagnoses*	96
Other Complex Medical	223

• * includes patients with orthopedic injuries, brain injury, spinal cord injury, stroke or neurologic conditions

OUTCOMES

Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital uses several measurements to assess the outcomes of persons served. These outcomes are compared with national LTACH benchmarks compiled by the National Association of Long Term Hospitals (NALTH). The outcomes described below are outcomes for all patients discharged from Madonna's LTACH between July 1, 2009 and June 30, 2010.

Discharge Destination: 48.5% of patients discharged to community settings or gained the medical stablilty and activity tolerance needed for transfer to an inpatient rehabilitation hospital level of care. 18.8% were discharged to acute care, most for planned procedures.

Functional Gain: On average, LTACH patients made a gain of 15.2 points on the FIM scale* after an average length of stay of 30 days.

Ventilator Weaning: 62% of ventilator patients successfully weaned in an average of 19.5 days. Click here to read more about Pulmonary Program Outcomes.

Goals Met: On average, patients achieved 77% of the goals established at the time of admission to LTACH.

Satisfaction: 97.3% rated their experience as "Excellent" or "Good" overall

Maintenance of Gain: Of those who responded to a telephone survey completed 3 months after discharge, 95% responded that they had maintained the gains made during their hospitalization.

Click here to read more about CARES Cardiac Program Outcomes.

* FIM is a 7-point tool used by rehabilitation hospitals throughout the nation to assess a patient's function in 18 areas, including self-care, bowel and bladder function, transfers, locomotion, communication and cognition.