Does the Presence of a Specialized Rehabilitation Unit in a Veterans Affairs Facility Impact Referral for Rehabilitative Care After a Lower-Extremity Amputation?

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 88, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1249-1255

  Bates, Barbara E ^a,b   Kurichi, Jibby E ^c   Marshall, Clifford R ^d   Reker, Dean ^e,f   Maislin, Greg ^g   Stineman, Margaret G ^c  

^a STRATTON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amputation; Leg; Rehabilitation; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LEG AMPUTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; REHABILITATION CARE; REHABILITATION CENTER; SCORING SYSTEM; VETERAN;

AGED; AMPUTATION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; REHABILITATION CENTERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34748862276     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.06.018     Document Type: Article

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