Development of a burn rehabilitation unit: Impact on burn center length of stay and functional outcome

Journal of Burn Care and Rehabilitation

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 414-419

  DeSanti, Leslie ^a   Lincoln, Lisa ^a   Egan, Fran ^a   Demling, Robert H ^a,b  

^a Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURN; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; REHABILITATION CENTER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND CARE;

ADULT; BOSTON; BURN UNITS; BURNS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT TRANSFER; REHABILITATION CENTERS;

EID: 0031654595     PISSN: 02738481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004630-199809000-00011     Document Type: Article

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