CMR Unit Facts
For Fiscal Year 2009, 494 patients were admitted to the CMR Unit. The following is a breakdown of the diagnoses and the number of patients per diagnosis:

• Other Orthopedics (101)
• Stroke (84)
• Replacement of Lower Extremity (79)
• Fracture of Lower Extremity (74)
• Medically Complex/Debility (54)
• Brain Injury (31)
• Cardiac (21)
• Neurological (i.e. Guillan Barre, Multiple Sclerosis, Motor Neuron Disease, Muscular Dystrophy, Polyneuropathy, Parkinson’s Disease) (18)
• Amputation (11)
• Spinal Cord Injury (9)
• Multiple trauma (3)
• Pulmonary (3).

The average number of therapy hours: 5 hours.

The average age of patients: 71 years of age

Of the 494 admits, 61% were female and 39% were male.

For CMR Unit patients, discharge dispositions were as follows:

• Community (73%)
• Acute Care (18%)
• Long-term (9%)
• Rehabilitation (1%)

The average length of stay: 13 days

CMR Unit Outcomes
The CMR Unit measures patient progress as well as satisfaction as a means for benchmarking quality patient care. For information on patient outcomes for the CMR Unit click here. Download 2008-2009 CMR outcomes as a PDF document now.