Societal services after traumatic spinal cord injury in Sweden

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 121-126

  Nordgren, Camilla ^a   Levi, Richard ^a   Ljunggren, Gunnar ^a   Seiger, Åke ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Application process; Consumer satisfaction; Resource allocation; Societal services; Traumatic spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONSUMER; COST; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCOME; INDEPENDENCE; INFORMATION SERVICE; INTERVIEW; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIAL INSURANCE; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORK; SOCIAL WORKER; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STANDARDIZATION; SWEDEN; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; WORK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOCIAL WORK; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SWEDEN;

EID: 0038204639     PISSN: 16501977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16501970310010466     Document Type: Article

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