“…Before discussing the results, some limitations must be mentioned: only 22 out of the 43 rehabilitation clinics in the region answered (response rate 58%). Although percentages should not be used in such small entities, we reported the results in numbers and percentages for better comparison with the data of Doherty et al [ 22 ]. Regarding the specialization of the answering clinics, there were twelve orthopaedic, five cardiology, four neurology, four internal medicine, three psychosomatic, three pulmonology, two geriatric, two rheumatic, one paediatric and one urology unit, including four units for early neurological rehabilitation (multiple responses were possible).…”