Determinants of access to rehabilitation professionals by individuals with stroke in the first six months after hospital discharge in Brazil: a study based on the Andersen model.

Background: determinants of access to rehabilitation professionals after stroke in middle-income countries, where the burden of this disease is higher, are little known.

Objectives: To identify the determinants of access to rehabilitation professionals by individuals with stroke at one, three, and six months after hospital discharge in Brazil and compare referral and access rates after discharge.

Methods: Longitudinal and prospective study, with individuals with primary stroke, without previous disabilities.

Barriers and facilitators to access post-stroke rehabilitation services in the first six months of recovery in Brazil.

Purpose: To identify barriers and facilitators to accessing post-stroke rehabilitation services six months after discharge from the stroke unit of a Brazilian public hospital.

Materials And Methods: This cross-sectional and descriptive study collected sociodemographic and clinical-functional data during hospitalization. Then, barriers and facilitators for accessing the post-stroke rehabilitation services were collected six months after discharge.

Access to rehabilitation professionals by individuals with stroke one month after hospital discharge from a stroke unit in Brazil is insufficient regardless of the pandemic.

Objective: To compare access to rehabilitation professionals by individuals with stroke one month after hospital discharge from a stroke unit in Brazil, before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Materials And Methods: This longitudinal and prospective study included individuals aged 20 years or older without previous disabilities admitted into a stroke unit due to a first stroke. Individuals were divided into two groups: before (G1) and during (G2) the COVID-19 pandemic.