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Pediatric Rehabilitation Quality Indicators: Patient Satisfaction & Outcomes

The Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago helps more pediatric patients than most rehabilitation providers in the country. RIC provides rehabilitation for children from birth through the age of 18 who have learning and/or physical disabilities resulting from illness, injury or congenital causes. At RIC, a child or adolescent with a disability is, first and foremost, a child or adolescent. RIC provides the most effective rehabilitation services available to the whole child, taking into account age, disability, preferences and family. The philosophy of our professional staff is always to focus on the whole picture to ensure that the treatment program meets the unique needs of each child.

As a result of our significant experience and our research activities, RIC's pediatric patients and their families are both satisfied and have good outcomes, as indicated below.

RIC Pediatric Patients and Their Families Are Satisfied with Their Care & Would Recommend RIC

Of those patients and families surveyed, 98 out of 100 rated the care they or their family members received at RIC as good or excellent. Additionally, 98 out of 100 would recommend RIC to others.

Source: Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Patient Satisfaction Survey, Calendar Year 2008
Sample Size: 59 inpatients; responses provided by patients or family members

Pediatric Patients at RIC Make Significant Functional Gains

RIC evaluates patients on the improvements they make in four categories: eating, upper-extremity dressing, bed transfers and movement, either on foot or in a wheelchair. The graphic below shows that patients treated at RIC show marked improvement in their ability in those four areas.