Length of stay, discharge destination, and functional improvement: Utility of the Australian National Subacute and Nonacute Patient Casemix Classification

Stroke

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1519-1525

  Tooth, Leigh ^a   McKenna, Kryss ^a   Goh, Kong ^b   Varghese, Paul ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b GOLD COAST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Rehabilitation; Stroke outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL SUBACUTE AND NONACUTE PATIENT CASEMIX CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGED; AUSTRALIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REHABILITATION; REHABILITATION CENTERS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL CLASS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 22044435104     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000169923.57038.a8     Document Type: Article

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