A study of the factors which influence the length of hospital stay of stroke patients

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 151-156

  Hakim, E A ^a   Bakheit, A M O ^a,b  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Mount Gould Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; STROKE; TECHNICAL AID;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; COST CONTROL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0031946805     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/026921598676265330     Document Type: Article

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