Racial and ethnic differences in postacute rehabilitation outcomes after stroke in the united states

Stroke

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1514-1519

  Ottenbacher, Kenneth J ^a,d   Campbell, Joanna ^a   Kuo, Yong Fang ^a   Deutsch, Anne ^b   Ostir, Glenn V ^a   Granger, Carl V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular accident; Ethnic groups; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CAUCASIAN; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RACE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44449159459     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.501254     Document Type: Article

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