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Acute rehabilitation is defined
as comprehensive rehabilitation provided in a rehabilitation unit of an
acute care hospital or in a freestanding rehabilitation hospital. Treatment
is provided in this setting because the patient's clinical complexity
precludes a lower level of care (e.g. subacute rehab in an SNF or outpatient
rehab).
The patient must have rehabilitation potential and be
able able to tolerate at least 3 hours/day of therapy, 5x/week with at
least two different disciplines providing therapies where specialized
therapeutic skills and/or equipment is required.
Rehabilitation nursing must be available 24 hours/day
and the rehabilitation physician provides services based on the patient's
clinical stability but no less frequently than 3x/week. Diagnoses usually
appropriate for acute rehabilitation includes traumatic brain injury,
trauma, spinal cord injury, cerebrovascular accident, burns, amputations,
and major joint replacements
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