The Development of Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation A New Private General Hospital

Authors

Lin-Fen Hsieh
Po-Wei Lin
Tzyh-Cherng Yang
Jung-Sui Hsu

Translated Title

一個新成立私人中型醫院復健科成長之探討

Abstract

The set-up and development of the rehabilitation epartment in a new, middle-sized hospital is an interesting subject and worth to be studied. We prospectively investigated the inpatients and out-patients who had received ehabilitation therapy during the one year period from the opening of Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, Sep 3, 1992, to Aug 31, 1993. The patients' data were analyzed by three major categories: (1) the sources of the patients, (2) the diagnosis of the diseases (ICD-10), (3) the factors relating to the growth of the rehabilitation department. The results showed: (1) mostof our patients came via the introduction of the public transmission (40.20%), lived close to the hospital (69.87%), had Labor or Farmers' Health Insurance (75.83%), and had liberal vocation (43.64%), (2) about the disease classification, cerebral vascular accidents (28.24%) were the most common diseases in inpatients; arthritis (19.58%) and back pain (15-56%) were the most frequent diseases in outpatients, (3) good administration, evening OPD and evening physical therapy service, health insurance, taking the advantage of public transmission, good cooperation and communication with other departments, and high quality of physiatrists and therapists were the important factors relating to the growth of the rehabilitation department.

Language

Traditional Chinese

First Page

51

Last Page

57

Recommended Citation

Hsieh, Lin-Fen; Lin, Po-Wei; Yang, Tzyh-Cherng; and Hsu, Jung-Sui (1994) "The Development of Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation A New Private General Hospital," Rehabilitation Practice and Science: Vol. 22: Iss. 1, Article 11.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.6315/3005-3846.1933
Available at: https://rps.researchcommons.org/journal/vol22/iss1/11