The integration of the Italian Rehabilitation Complexity Scale in the assessment of patients admitted to different levels of care in public and private accredited settings and belonging to the main rehabilitative MDCs: a national experience

This study contributes to defining rehabilitation complexity in the Italian context. RCS-E v13 and BI emerged as complementary, objective tools for profiling care needs across MDCs and settings, with potential use for admission appropriateness, prognostic stratification, and care planning. Findings highlight that rehabilitation complexity requires a multifactorial assessment, not fully captured by comorbidity alone.