Publications by authors named "Rochelle Mckechnie"

Aim: To describe the nature of readmission to acute care and identify patient characteristics associated with avoidable readmission to acute care from inpatient brain injury rehabilitation.

Design: A retrospective cohort design.

Methods: Data prospectively documented between 1 January 2012 -31 December 2018 in local clinical and administrative database were used.

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Aims And Objectives: To identify the predictors of unplanned readmission to acute care (RTAC) from inpatient brain injury rehabilitation and to develop a risk prediction model.

Background: RTAC from inpatient rehabilitation is not uncommon. Individual rehabilitation patient populations require their own body of evidence regarding predictors of RTAC.

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Readmission to acute care (RTAC) from inpatient rehabilitation can have negative consequences for individuals and associated financial costs are increasing. Consequently, preventing avoidable RTAC represents a target for improvement in quality of care. The aim of this integrative review was to identify predictors of RTAC from inpatient rehabilitation.

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