{
  "abstract": "Background Criteria-led transfer allows transfer of select stroke patients to inpatient rehabilitation without rehabilitation physician review, which may be a barrier for timely transfers.Objective Primary: determine the proportion of patients transferred via criteria-led transfer and waitlist time. Secondary: determine the number of unplanned 30-day acute hospital representations and readmissions from inpatient rehabilitation, and number of daily allied health contacts while waitlisted.Method A single-centre retrospective analysis was conducted on all patients transferred from the acute stroke unit to inpatient rehabilitation in 2023.Results 178 (79%) patients successfully used criteria-led transfer, 22 (9.5%) did not meet criteria and the remainder attended inpatient rehabilitation via a separate pathway. Median waitlist time (in days) was shorter for criteria led transfer patients compared with those who did not meet criteria (3 (1–5) vs 5 (3–8), p=0.005). Emergency department representation rates were lower in the criteria-led transfer cohort (30 (16.9%) vs 8 (36.3%), p=0.03) compared with those who did not meet criteria. No difference in readmission rates was seen (p=0.22). Waitlisted patients received 1 (0.5–1.5) allied health reviews daily.Conclusions Criteria-led transfer is associated with shorter waitlist times for transfer to rehabilitation without increased adverse events. Further research is needed to determine result generalisability.",
  "authors": [
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "School of Medicine, Deakin University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia"
      ],
      "name": "Peishan Cai"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Neuroscience, Box Hill Hospital, Box Hill, Victoria, Australia"
      ],
      "name": "Karen Stephens"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Neuroscience, Box Hill Hospital, Box Hill, Victoria, Australia"
      ],
      "name": "Jane D’Souza"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Rehabilitation Medicine, Eastern Health, Box Hill, Victoria, Australia"
      ],
      "name": "Louisa Soh"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Eastern Health Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia"
      ],
      "name": "Emily Schembri"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Neuroscience, Box Hill Hospital, Box Hill, Victoria, Australia",
        "Eastern Health Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia"
      ],
      "name": "Philip MC Choi"
    }
  ],
  "title": "Reducing hospital length of stay with criteria-led transfer from the acute stroke unit to inpatient rehabilitation",
  "uid": "c984035d-1b41-59dc-a208-bc498a8385ff"
}