Are we selecting the right patients for stroke rehabilitation in nursing homes?

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 876-880

  Murray, Patrick K ^a,b   Dawson, Neal V ^a,b   Thomas, Charles L ^a   Cebul, Randall D ^a,b  

^a METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Nursing homes; Outcome assessment (health care); Rehabilitation; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; NURSING HOME; PATIENT SELECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT SELECTION; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 18844385468     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2004.10.045     Document Type: Article

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