Stroke patients entering nursing home care: A content analysis of discharge letters

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 736-740

  Sackley, Catherine M ^a   Pound, Kate ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DECUBITUS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSING HOME; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CARE; STROKE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMMUNICATION; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; CORRESPONDENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT DISCHARGE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0036840809     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0269215502cr535oa     Document Type: Article

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