Is there equity in long-term healthcare utilization after traumatic brain injury?

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 59-65

  Willemse van Son, Agnes H P ^a   Ribbers, Gerard M ^a,b   Stam, Henk J ^a   van den Bos, Geertrudis A M ^c  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Erasmus MC University Medical Center and Rijndam Rehabilitation Center Rotterdam   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Craniocerebral trauma; Healthcare; Healthcare access; Healthcare quality; Healthcare utilization; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY REINTEGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REHABILITATION CARE; RISK FACTOR; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN INJURIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59649102766     PISSN: 16501977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/16501977-0294     Document Type: Article

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