Length of stay in the rehabilitation center, the admission functional independence measure and the functional independence measure gain

International Journal of Rehabilitation Research

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 135-143

  Valach, Ladislav ^a,b   Selz, Beat ^b   Signer, Sandra ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Burgerspital Solothurn   (Switzerland)

^c University of Zurich ^*

Author keywords

Decision to discharge; Functional independence measure; Length of stay

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH CARE; LEARNING SYSTEMS; PATIENT MONITORING;

FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURES (FIM); LENGTH OF STAY (LOS); REHABILITATION CENTERS;

PATIENT REHABILITATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; LEARNING; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REHABILITATION CENTER; REHABILITATION MEDICINE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; REHABILITATION CENTERS;

EID: 3142622817     PISSN: 03425282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mrr.0000131577.55940.80     Document Type: Article

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