Group differences in Functional-Independence-Measure outcomes for those discharged to home/community following inpatient-rehabilitation in a US national cohort of traumatic-brain-injury patients

Key Points

• The aim is to explore group differences in FIM outcomes for patients discharged to home/community after inpatient rehabilitation following a traumatic brain injury.
• Analysis of FIM scores and other outcome measures at discharge
• Comparison of discharge dispositions
• Examination of age and length of stay (LOS) effects
• Discharge FIM scores for walking, transfers, and cognitive skills showed the largest group differences
• Age and LOS have smaller effects on discharge status compared to discharge FIM scores