Length of Stay and Home Discharge for Patients with Inpatient Stroke Rehabilitation

Previous reports have examined predictors for inpatient stroke rehabilitation length of stay (LOS) and home discharge. However, none of them has provided a validation benchmark for predictability of identified risk factors. Accordingly, we examined temporal trends, geographic variations, and predicted inpatient rehabilitation LOS and home discharge for stroke patients in Alberta between April 2014 and March 2018. We found that the LOS decreased while the proportion of home discharge remained unchanged during the study period, and both varied across health zones. Identifiable statistical models provided accurate prediction with a separate patient cohort.