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Rates of patients transferred from acute hospital to community rehabilitation hospitals (CRH) across eight groups with varying access; determined by acute hospital and PCT. Median lengths of stay in the acute hospital, and in the acute hospital plus CRH combined. Associations between the rate of transfer to a CRH and median lengths of stay assessed using Spearman's rank correlation coefficient (r\n s<\/jats:sub>\n ).\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results<\/jats:title>\n \n Access to community rehabilitation services varied, including the number of CRH inpatient beds, formal access criteria and waiting times. In one PCT, no home-based rehabilitation service was available. The percentage of patients transferred to a CRH ranged from 2.1% to 54.7%. A higher transfer rate was associated with a shorter median length of stay in the acute hospital (r\n s<\/jats:sub>\n =\u22120.8; p=0.01), but a longer median combined length of stay in the acute hospital and CRH (r\n s<\/jats:sub>\n =+0.7; p=0.04).\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n Within one geographical area, there was wide variation in availability and use of community rehabilitation services for patients discharged from an acute hospital following a hip fracture. 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