Leveraging Rehabilitation to Drive Value in the Hospital and Beyond (47X)

The WHO Global Report on Health Equity for Persons with Disabilities reveals that 1.3 billion people, or 16% of the global population, live with significant disabilities. In the United States, nearly one in four adults (61 million Americans) faces disability, influenced by aging, lifestyle changes and obesity. Major contributors include low back pain, costing $50 billion annually in direct management and over $100 billion when including indirect costs like lost productivity and hospital immobility, which leads to costly complications such as pressure ulcers, deep vein thrombosis and increased falls, prolonging hospital stays and elevating readmission rates. Pressure ulcers alone cost over $26 billion annually.

To address these growing concerns, a well-defined health system rehabilitation strategy is required to enhance patient quality of life and reduce healthcare costs by minimizing hospitalizations, emergency visits, readmissions and complications. Comprehensive rehabilitation strategies, spanning hospital to home care, are pivotal for improving patient outcomes and managing healthcare expenses. Join us as we discuss key variables in developing your health system rehabilitation strategy and detail best practices to optimize acute hospital and ambulatory musculoskeletal rehabilitation care.