Gender difference in the utilization and users' characteristics of community rehabilitation programs for cerebrovascular disease patients in Japan

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 359-366

  Tamiya, Nanako ^a   Araki, Shunichi ^b   Kobayashi, Yasuki ^c   Yamashita, Kohei ^b   Murata, Katsuyuki ^b   Yano, Eiji ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COMMUNITY CARE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; REHABILITATION CENTER; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REHABILITATION CENTERS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 0030203606     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/8.4.359     Document Type: Article

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