Routine Inpatient Mobility Assessment and Hospital Discharge Planning

Erik H Hoyer; Daniel L Young; Lisa Aronson Friedman; Daniel J Brotman; Lisa M Klein; Michael Friedman; Dale M Needham

doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.5145

Routine Inpatient Mobility Assessment and Hospital Discharge Planning

JAMA Intern Med. 2019 Jan 1;179(1):118-120. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.5145.

Authors

Erik H Hoyer^{1

2

3}, Daniel L Young^{1

4}, Lisa Aronson Friedman^{3

5}, Daniel J Brotman², Lisa M Klein⁶, Michael Friedman^{1

3}, Dale M Needham^{1

3

5}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
² Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
³ Outcomes After Critical Illness and Surgery (OACIS) Group, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.
⁴ Department of Physical Therapy, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas.
⁵ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
⁶ Department of Neurosciences, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland.

Abstract

This cohort study examines whether use of a mobility assessment tool in hospitalized patients with impaired mobility is associated with discharge to a postacute facility.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Baltimore
Disability Evaluation*
Female
Humans
Male
Mobility Limitation*
Patient Discharge*
Retrospective Studies