Quality and evidence-based brain injury rehabilitation care
The Brain Injury Rehabilitation Program at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio, helps people recover from nontraumatic and traumatic brain injuries (TBI). Whether your brain injury requires you to stay at our inpatient Dodd Rehabilitation Hospital or your care requires outpatient rehabilitation services, our physical medicine and rehabilitation experts will be there every step of your TBI recovery journey.
At the Ohio State Wexner Medical Center, you’ll receive innovative brain injury rehabilitation care that’s accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) and recognized nationally for its safety and outcomes.
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Inpatient brain injury recovery outcomes
In 2024, our inpatient Brain Injury Rehabilitation Program treated 176 people. Roughly 63% of the brain injury patients were male and 37% were female, and the average age was 58. They stayed an average of 17.95 days at Dodd.
Exceeding rehabilitation expectations, 72.2% of brain injury patients were discharged from Dodd straight to home – 88.5% were back in their own homes within 90 days of their discharge from the hospital.
Patient satisfaction
How did you feel about your care?
- 95% of our brain injury patients were satisfied to very satisfied with their care.
- 98.3% agreed or strongly agreed that they were involved with decision-making during their recovery.
Functional improvement
What progress have you made?
Higher scores mean increased levels of independence. Our brain injury patients experienced, on average, a 58% increase in the functional areas of self-care and mobility.
- Average score at admission: 53.62
- Average score at discharge: 84.91
Quality of life
Did quality of life improve after your hospital stay?
- 97.9% of our brain injury patients agreed or strongly agreed that the rehabilitation program prepared them for going home.
- 93.2% agreed or strongly agreed that the program improved their quality of life.
Outpatient brain injury recovery outcomes
We bring the same quality and compassion of our inpatient care to our outpatient brain injury rehabilitation program. Our expert physiatrists and therapists offer these services at locations throughout central Ohio.
In 2024, we treated 248 patients in our outpatient brain injury rehabilitation program. Patients had an average of 8 visits over the course of 11 weeks.
Patient satisfaction
How did you feel about your care?
- 100% of brain injury rehabilitation patients felt outpatient therapy provided useful information and helped them reach their goals.
- 4.75-star rating given by our patients and families.
Quality of life
How are you thriving after therapy?
- 25% of brain injury rehabilitation patients joined Ohio State’s community health program, called Exercise is Medicine, to continue their progress.
Average length of treatment
How long were you in treatment?
- On average, brain injury patients had 8 therapy visits.
- The average length of brain injury rehabilitation treatment was 11 weeks.