Department of Veterans Affairs-Medicare dual beneficiaries with stroke: Where do they get care?

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 43-52

  Shen, Yujing ^a,b   Findley, Patricia A ^a,c   Maney, Miriam ^a   Pogach, Leonard ^a   Crystal, Stephen ^b   Rajan, Mangala ^a   Findley, Thomas W ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Care coordination; Diabetes; Disability; Dual enrollment; Length of stay; Medicare; Rehabilitation; Stroke; Utilization; Veterans

Indexed keywords

CARE COORDINATION; DIABETES; DISABILITY; DUAL ENROLLMENT; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICARE; REHABILITATION; STROKE; UTILIZATION; VETERANS;

LOCATION; PATIENT REHABILITATION;

HOSPITALS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; STROKE; VETERAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 63249120670     PISSN: 07487711     EISSN: 07487711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1682/JRRD.2006.07.0081     Document Type: Article

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