Patient Outcomes
UT Southwestern's Inpatient Rehabilitation Program helps patients with a variety of diagnoses to return to their everyday lives. Patients receive one-on-one therapies as well as additional therapy that may be concurrent, co-treatment, or group therapy.
Our "Patient Satisfaction Ranking: Likelihood to Recommend" is in the 93 percentile, according to CMS Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems.
We are accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities
in the following specialties:
- Comprehensive Rehabilitation
- Stroke Specialty Program
- Spinal Cord Specialty Program
- Brain Injury Specialty Program
Patient Outcomes for 2021
Learn about our patient demographics and outcomes by clicking here for infographics, or see tables below.
| Diagnosis | Cases Admitted | Average Age | UTSW Average Stay (days) | National Average Stay (days) | Gender - Male | Gender - Female | Average # therapy minutes/week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Cases | 892 | 66 | 12 | 13 | 60% | 40% | 1,055 |
| Stroke | 166 | 63 | 14 | 16 | 60% | 40% | 984 |
| Brain Injury | 126 | 63 | 12 | 13 | 68% | 32% | 943 |
| Spinal Cord Injury | 146 | 65 | 13 | 16 | 53% | 47% | 939 |
| Orthopaedic | 121 | 73 | 11 | 13 | 44% | 56% | 951 |
| Medically Complex, Cardiac, and Pulmonary | 174 | 69 | 11 | 12 | 52% | 48% | 1,014 |
| Neurology | 82 | 57 | 14 | 13 | 51% | 49% | 961 |
| Diagnosis | UTSW - % Discharged to Community | Nation - % Discharged to Community | UTSW - % Discharged to Acute Hospital | Nation - % Discharged to Acute Hospital | UTSW - % Discharged to Skilled Nursing Facility | Nation - % Discharged to Skilled Nursing Facility | UTSW - Change in Self-care Measure* | UTSW - Change in Mobility Measure* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total cases | 81% | 78% | 11% | 11% | 7% | 10% | 45.1 | 45.5 |
| Stroke | 74% | 74% | 10% | 11% | 16% | 15% | 36.6 | 40.7 |
| Brain Injury | 80% | 77% | 13% | 13% | 5% | 9% | 36.0 | 42.3 |
| Spinal Cord Injury | 80% | 77% | 13% | 12% | 6% | 11% | 47.9 | 46.2 |
| Orthopaedic | 88% | 82% | 4% | 7% | 7% | 10% | 51.0 | 49.8 |
| Medically Complex, Cardiac, Pulmonary | 78% | 80% | 16% | 13% | 6% | 7% | 50.4 | 46.3 |
| Neurology | 88% | 80% | 9% | 12% | 4% | 8% | 44.7 | 48.4 |