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The objective of this study was to investigate the percentage of unplanned transfer of brain tumor rehabilitation inpatients to primary acute care units compared with stroke patients and factors associated with such unplanned transfer. Data of 137 patients with brain tumor who were transferred to the department of physical and rehabilitation medicine were retrospectively reviewed. For comparison, data of 438 patients with subacute stroke were also obtained. Included patients were divided into an unplanned transfer group and a control group based on whether they required a transfer to another department for acute care before completing their comprehensive inpatient rehabilitation. Reasons for unplanned transfers were classified based on medical or surgical conditions. The incidence of unplanned transfers to the medical or surgical department was significantly higher in patients with brain tumor (15.3%) than in stroke patients (7.1%) (p &lt; 0.05). Most of unplanned transfers occurred within two weeks of the comprehensive inpatient rehabilitation for patients with brain tumor. There was a significantly higher incidence of unplanned transfers in patients with a primary tumor than in those with a metastatic tumor (15.9% vs. 4.8%, p &lt; 0.05). In addition, the frequency of chemotherapy or radiotherapy was significantly (p &lt; 0.05) higher in the unplanned transfer group than in the control group. The most common cause of an unplanned transfer was a neurologic cause (90.0%) in patients with brain tumor and an infectious disease such as pneumonia (51.6%) in stroke patients. In conclusion, these results demonstrated a higher incidence of unplanned transfers in patients with brain tumor than in stroke patients during intensive inpatient rehabilitation. 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