Determinants of length of stay during post-stroke rehabilitation in community hospitals

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 400-407

  Saxena, S K ^a   Koh, G C H ^b   Ng, T P ^a   Fong, N P ^c   Yong, D ^d  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c St Luke's Hospital   (Singapore)

^d CHANGI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular accident; Community hospital; Length of stay; Post stroke rehabilitation; Rehabilitation; Stroke; Stroke complications

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MENTAL TEST; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME VARIABLE; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; RATING SCALE; STROKE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COST; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL CHARGE; MIDDLE AGED; REHABILITATION CENTER; SINGAPORE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REHABILITATION CENTERS; SINGAPORE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 34249749562     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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