Rehabilitation after severe stroke - An enthusiastic approval and a cautionary note

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 193-195

  Wyller, Torgeir Brunn ^a  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; NOTE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE;

EID: 0034026442     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/096382800296908     Document Type: Note

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