Health Services Research

Geriatric Rehabilitation

Pain Rehabilitation

Measurement

Symposium

Harnessing Administrative Data to Examine Rehabilitation Use and Outcomes in High Need Patient Populations (599413)

Presenter(s)

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  Tamra Keeney, DPT, PhD

  Postdoctoral Fellow
  Brown University
  Providence, Rhode Island
• 

  Amit Kumar, MPH, PhD

  Assistant Professor
  Northern Arizona University
  Flagstaff, Arizona
• 

  Cathy Schmidt, PT, PhD

  Assistant Professor
  MGH Institute of Health Professions
  Kingston, Massachusetts

Moderator(s)

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  Amol Karmarkar, PhD

  Professor
  Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) & RTI International, Virginia

There is a critical need for rehabilitation-centered health services research to improve outcomes and reduce costs of post-acute care in high-need patient populations.  Therefore, this presentation will: (1) categorize clinical profiles for individuals who are high need and high cost, (2) identify the association between early physical therapy intervention and outcomes for Veterans with low back pain at risk for chronic opioid use and (3) examine factors associated with delayed rehabilitation for individuals with multimorbidity post stroke. This symposium will provide evidence about healthcare utilization for high need patient populations using novel methodology to conduct HSR using administrative data.  

Learning Objectives:

• Attendants will describe factors associated with initial interventions (including physical therapy) and healthcare utilization outcomes for Veterans with low back pain.
• Attendants will be able to describe a methodologic approach used to identify distinct subpopulations or groups within a given sample.
• Attendants will be able to describe hospital and social risk factors associated with delay in rehabilitation initiation after stroke.