Medical Comorbidity and Rehabilitation Efficiency in Geriatric Inpatients

To measure and describe medical comorbidity in geriatric rehabilitation patients and investigate its relationship to rehabilitation efficiency.Prospective, multivariate, within-subject design.The Geriatric Rehabilitation inpatient unit of the SCO Health Service in Ottawa, Canada.One hundred ten patients, with a mean age of 82 years.The rehabilitation efficiency ratio, based on gains in functional status achieved with rehabilitation treatment,...