Comparison of two Dutch follow-up care models for spinal cord-injured, patients and their impact on health problems, re-admissions and quality of care

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 997-1006

  Bloemen Vrencken, J H A ^a   de Witte, L P ^b   Post, M W M ^c   Pons, C ^a   van Asbeck, F W A ^c   van der Woude, L H V ^d   van den Heuvel, W J A ^b  

^a Rehabilitation Centre Hoensbroeck   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Rehabilitation Centre De Hoogstraat   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER AND BOWEL MANAGEMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVENTION STUDY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; QUADRIPLEGIA; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; REHABILITATION CARE; REHABILITATION CENTER; SPINAL CORD INJURY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT READMISSION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRESSURE ULCER; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REHABILITATION CENTERS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; URINARY BLADDER DISEASES;

EID: 36749022278     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269215507079835     Document Type: Article

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