Reference Publication Year Study Location Study Design Duration of Follow-up Posthospital Service(s) Examined
Anderson et al. [12] 2002 Multiple (UK, UK, Australia, Sweden) Systematic review of randomized trials 3-12 months Multidiscipinary home-based rehabilitation team (vs. standard care)
Berg and Intrator [13] 1999 US Retrospective analysis of Medicare claims 12 months IRF; SNF; home health
Berlowitz et al. [19] 2008 US Prospective veteran cohort 6 months IRF
Bhattacharya et al. [15] 2011 US Retrospective single-site 1 month Discharge to Home/IRF; SNF
Camberg et al. [16] 1997 US Retrospective analysis of veteran data 1, 6 and 12 months Veteran and community nursing homes
Chuang et al. [21] 2005 Taipei Prospective multi-site cohort 1 month Posthospital home or community-based care; “institutional” care
Kane et al. [20] 1998 US Prospective Medicare cohort 12 months HH, nursing home, IRF
Kind et al. [14] 2010 US Retrospective analysis of Medicare claims 30 days “bounce-back” from IRF, SNF, HH
Ottenbacher et al. [17] 2001 US Retrospective analysis of UDSMR 80-180 days (3-6 months) IRF
Ottenbacher et al. [18] 2001 US Retrospective analysis of UDSMR 3-6 months IRF
Ottenbacher et al. [22] 2012 US Prospective cohort 3 months IRF
Table 1: Characteristics of studies examining readmission of stroke patients who received posthospital care.