Ideal timing to transfer from an acute care hospital to an interdisciplinary inpatient rehabilitation program following a stroke: An exploratory study

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Gagnon, Dany ^a,b,c   Nadeau, Sylvie ^a,b   Tam, Vincent ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Rehabilitation Institute of Montreal   (Canada)

^c Hôpital de Réadaptation Lindsay   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REHABILITATION CARE; SCORING SYSTEM; STROKE; AFTERCARE; CANADA; CONVALESCENCE; DISABILITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PROGRESSIVE PATIENT CARE; REHABILITATION CENTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AFTERCARE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT TRANSFER; PROGRESSIVE PATIENT CARE; QUEBEC; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REGIONAL MEDICAL PROGRAMS; REHABILITATION CENTERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE;

EID: 33845583743     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-6-151     Document Type: Article

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