Reviews and commentaries racial/ethnic differences in utilization of post-stroke rehabilitation services: A systematic review

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 365-372

  Ellis, Charles ^a,c   Breland, Hazel L ^a   Egede, Leonard E ^b,c  

^a Department of Rehabilitation Sciences ^*  (United States)

^b Center for Health Disparities Research   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Race Ethnicity; Rehabilitation; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ETHNICITY; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RACE DIFFERENCE; REHABILITATION CARE; REVIEW; SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST; STROKE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; RACE; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; STROKE;

EID: 55249085207     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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