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Data on the utilization of occupational therapy among patients with brain tumors
have been limited to those with malignant tumors and small samples of patients
outside North America in specialized palliative care settings. We built on this
research by examining the characteristics of patients with brain tumors who
received postacute occupational therapy services in Ontario, Canada, using health
care administrative data. Between fiscal years 2004-2005 and 2008-2009, 3,199
patients with brain tumors received occupational therapy services in the home
care setting after hospital discharge; 12.4% had benign brain tumors, 78.2% had
malignant brain tumors, and 9.4% had unspecified brain tumors. However, patients
with benign brain tumors were older (mean age = 63.3 yr), and a higher percentage
were female (65.2%). More than 90% of patients received in-home occupational
therapy services. Additional research is needed to examine the significance of
these differences and to identify factors that influence access to occupational
therapy services in the home care setting.
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