Medical procedures, complications, and outcomes for patients with spinal cord injury: A multicenter investigation comparing African Americans and whites

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 368-375

  Meade, Michelle A ^a   Cifu, David X ^a   Seel, Ronald T ^a   McKinley, William O ^a   Kreutzer, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care accessibility; Race; Rehabilitation; Spinal cord injuries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RACE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE SURGERY; TRACTION THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; ETHNOLOGY; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1842561658     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2003.06.008     Document Type: Article

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