Postacute care services use for dysvascular amputees: A population-based study of Massachusetts

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 147-152

  Dillingham, Timothy R ^a,b   Pezzin, Liliana E ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b FROEDTERT MEMORIAL LUTHERAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Amputation; Diabetes; Peripheral Vascular Disease; Prosthesis; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ABOVE KNEE AMPUTATION; ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; BELOW KNEE AMPUTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; LEG AMPUTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SERVICE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PHYSICAL MEDICINE; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; REHABILITATION;

AGED; AMPUTATION; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; REHABILITATION CENTERS; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES;

EID: 13844266020     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PHM.0000154899.49528.05     Document Type: Article

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