The Northwick Park Dependency Score (NPDS): A measure of nursing dependency in rehabilitation

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 304-318

  Turner Stokes, Lynne ^a   Tonge, Pauline ^a   Nyein, Kyaw ^a   Hunter, Maggie ^b   Nielson, Stuart ^b   Robinson, Ian ^b  

^a NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARE AND CARING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; DISABILITY; HUMAN; NURSING; REHABILITATION; STATISTICAL CONCEPTS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REHABILITATION NURSING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031660635     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/026921598669173600     Document Type: Article

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