Racial/ethnic differences in FIM™ scores and length of stay for underinsured patients undergoing stroke impatient rehabilitation

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 415-423

  Chiou Tan, Faye Y ^a,b   Keng Jr , Moses J ^a   Graves, Daniel E ^a,c   Chan, Kwai Tung ^a,b   Rintala, Diana H ^a,d  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARRIS COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT   (United States)

^c Institute for Rehabilitation Research   (United States)

^d MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; FIM; Race; Rehabilitation; Stroke; Underinsured

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RACE DIFFERENCE; REHABILITATION PATIENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; STROKE; STROKE PATIENT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REHABILITATION CENTERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TEXAS;

EID: 33646671471     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.phm.0000214320.99729.f3     Document Type: Article

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