Since 1972 a hospital based specialty home health team consisting of a Registered Nurse, a Registered Physical Therapist, and a Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor has been serving spinal cord injury patients hospitalized previously in a University affiliated Rehabilitation Center. This paper presents the preliminary findings resulting from a study examining the appropriateness, cost‐effectiveness, and efficiency of this unique rehabilitation facility service component.

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Since 1972 a hospital based specialty home health team consisting of a Registered Nurse, a Registered Physical Therapist, and a Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor has been serving spinal cord injury patients hospitalized previously in a University affiliated Rehabilitation Center. This paper presents the preliminary findings resulting from a study examining the appropriateness, costeffectiveness, and efficiency of this unique rehabilitation facility service component.

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Primary Nursing is a system for providing continuity of quality care tailored to meet the comprehensive health needs of the public. Through such a system, the professional nurse reinforces her own viability as a vital and dynamic resource of society.