Center for Post-Acute Studies

Launched in October 2006, the NRH Center for Post-acute Studies (CPS) demonstrates our Hospital's commitment as the nation’s advocate on the health policy issues shaping post-acute rehabilitation. CPS aims to provide leadership on major issues shaping the organization, delivery, quality and financing of post-acute rehabilitation across all post-acute settings in the U.S. and abroad.

Post-acute care has been one of the fastest growing segments of American health care, but research capacity in this area has not kept pace. There is a real need for research leadership in this area. The success of the center will depend in part on its ability to forge “a national and international network of investigators that will be viewed as the go-to source for innovative ideas and accurate information on post-acute issues,” contends the center's director, Gerben DeJong, Ph.D.

CPS is currently involved in eight ongoing research projects that have received funding from both public and private organizations including the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR), the American Rehabilitation Providers Association, the Federation of American Hospitals, the Brooks Health System, the National Rehabilitation Hospital, the HealthSouth Corporation and others.

In addition to its externally funded research studies, CPS will produce a biannual report and hold a biannual forum to summarize major post-acute trends across all post-acute industries. The report will highlight a number of providers and facilities across post-acute industries, recent data on industry growth and consolidation and post-acute market responses to larger changes in health care system, health-plan policies, and consumer demands.

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