Medicare's new restrictions on rehabilitation admissions

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 87, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 872-882

  Segal, Miriam ^a,b   Pedersen, Ann Louise ^a   Freeman, Katherine ^a   Fast, Avital ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JFK JOHNSON REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Inpatient; Medicare; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN; REHABILITATION CARE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; PATIENT READMISSION; REHABILITATION CENTERS; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 56149127457     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHM.0b013e31818a67b3     Document Type: Article

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