Citation

Niewczyk PM. Phys. Med. Rehabil. Clin. N. Am. 2019; 30(3): 573-580.

Affiliation

Uniform Data System for Medical Rehabilitation, University at Buffalo, 270 Northpointe Parkway, Suite 300, Amherst, NY 14228, USA; Department of Health Promotion, Daemen College, Amherst, NY, USA. Electronic address: pniewczyk@udsmr.org.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.pmr.2019.03.005

PMID

31227132

Abstract

Burden of care (BoC) is the amount of time a patient requires direct, daily assistance from another person to meet basic needs in the home; it is based on a patient's functional level, obtained using the Functional Independence Measure. Inpatient BoC is a patient's projected resource utilization during a stay at an inpatient facility, assessed using the Northwick Park Dependency Scale. At the outpatient level, function and BoC can be assessed using the LIFEware System. Measuring and monitoring outcomes of all care result in reduced health care expenditures, more streamlined patient care, and improved quality of life for patients and families.

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Language: en

Keywords

Burden of care; FIM(®); LIFEware System; Northwick Park Dependency Scale; Outcomes measurement