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Background: To survey the utilization status of rehabilitation hospital or clinic in patients with stroke and the difference of utilization according to district and to compare the total admission period, disability grades, functional status, and follow-up of rehabilitation clinic after discharge between the patients who had hospitalized in rehabilitation clinic and those in other clinics. Methods: Two hundred-sixteen patients with stroke in big cities (Do-Bong, Seoul and Gwang-Ju, Jun-Nam), towns (U-Wang, Kyung-Ki and Won-Ju, Kang-Won), and farm villages (Dam-Yang, Jun-Nam and Chung-Do, Kyung-Buk) were interviewed to complete the questionnaire concerning their general characteristics, utilized facilities, functional status and follow-up of rehabilitation clinic after disc h a rge. R e s u l t s : Only thirty-four patients (15.7%) with stroke had been in the rehabilitation hospital or clinic, whereas one hundred-five patients (48.6%) were in the oriental medicine clinic. Utilization rate of rehabilitation clinic in farm village (1.7%) was significantly less than that in town (24.2%) or big city (18.8%)(p<0.05). Total admission period in patients had been rehabilitation clinic (161.5days) tended to be shorter than those other clinics (335.6days)(P=0.482). After discharge, the former patients (61.7%) had visited rehabilitation medicine doctors more frequently than the latter (52.9%)(p=0.429). Conclusions: The utilization of rehabilitation hospital or clinic was not correlated with the total admission period, disability grades, functional status, and follow-up of rehabilitation clinic after discharge. (Korean Journal of Stroke 2005;7(2): 144~150)
