Patient Outcomes and Lessons Learned From Treating Patients With Severe COVID-19 at a Long-term Acute Care Hospital: Single-Center Retrospective Study.
Pete GreveldingHenry Charles HrdlickaSteve HollandLorraine CullenAmanda MeyerCatherine ConnorsDarielle CooperAllison GrecoPublished in: JMIR rehabilitation and assistive technologies (2022)
The majority of patients treated at the LTACH for severe COVID-19 and related complications benefited from coordinated care and rehabilitation. In comparison to the reference cohort, patients treated for COVID-19 were discharged with greater improvements in ambulation distance and assistance needs during a similar length of stay. These findings indicate that other patients with COVID-19 would benefit from care in an LTACH.