Health economic evaluation of rehabilitative short-term care : Analysis of the costs of geriatric patients with and without rehabilitative short-term care after inpatient hospital stay

BACKGROUND: Geriatric patients requiring rehabilitation and admitted to short-term care after an acute inpatient hospital stay seldom receive rehabilitative services later. Rehabilitative short-term care (REKUP) supplements short-term care with rehabilitative measures, aiming to prevent functional restrictions and long-term …