Rehabilitation outcomes in traumatic spinal cord injury in Australia: Functional status, length of stay and discharge setting

Spinal Cord

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 220-230

  Tooth, L ^a   McKenna, K ^a   Geraghty, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Discharge setting; Functional status; Length of stay; Outcomes; Traumatic spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL SUBACUTE AND NON ACUTE PATIENT CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD INJURY; CONVALESCENCE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REHABILITATION CENTER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT DISCHARGE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REHABILITATION CENTERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037396534     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101433     Document Type: Article

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