Rehabilitation treatment system for the convalescent and maintenance periods.
10.5124/jkma.2017.60.11.870
- Author:
Ji Cheol SHIN
1
Author Information
1. Department and Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. jcsevrm@yuha.ac
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Rehabilitation;
Convalescent;
Maintenance
- MeSH:
Central Nervous System Diseases;
Humans;
Insurance;
Rehabilitation*;
Specialization
- From:Journal of the Korean Medical Association
2017;60(11):870-874
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
Since rehabilitation treatment does not simply treat a disease, but treats the patient who has a disease, it is not desirable to determine the treatment strategies based soly on the time of onset of a disease. Rehabilitation treatment should involve carefully evaluating the features of the disease and the patient, which requires considerable time. The convalescent (subacute) period requires a system in which rehabilitation treatment for central nervous system diseases can be administered for at least 2 years. In addition, the definitions and details of rehabilitation treatment that can be conducted by a rehabilitation specialist in the convalescent period and those of rehabilitation treatment conducted in the maintenance (chronic) period should be determined in advance, and these steps should be combined with the development of appropriate provisions in the medical insurance system for each period.
