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Joseph D. Zuckerman, MD

JAMA. 1998;279:880.

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In this issue of THE JOURNAL, the randomized trial of early inpatient rehabilitation after elective arthroplasty by Munin and colleagues¹ provides information to improve the care of patients undergoing joint replacement surgery. The authors conclude it is both safe and effective to transfer patients to inpatient rehabilitation units as early as 3 days following surgery, and also report lower overall costs for patients in the "early transfer" group. In this study, all patients (except those who were excluded or dropped out of the study) were transferred to rehabilitation units; there was no patient group discharged home directly. The emphasis of the study is clearly on the role of inpatient rehabilitation in the continuum of care of joint replacement patients. The practice of inpatient rehabilitation has become a common component of the care of many patients with a variety of medical and surgical conditions requiring inpatient hospitalizations. . . . [Full Text of this Article]

From the New York University–Hospital for Joint Diseases, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, New York, NY.

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