Benefits of early admission to an organised spinal cord injury care system

Paraplegia

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 1990, Pages 545-555

  DeVivo, M J ^a   Kartus, P L ^a   Stover, S L ^a   Fine, P R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospital charges; Length of stay; Medical complications; Mortality; Organised spinal cord injury care system; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FEES AND CHARGES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MORTALITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PATIENT CARE TEAM; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0025093240     PISSN: 00311758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.1990.74     Document Type: Article

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