Inequity of rehabilitation services after traumatic injury

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 255-259

  Nirula, Ram ^a,b   Nirula, Gina ^b   Gentilello, Larry M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Disparity; Injury; Insurance; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

WARFARIN;

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEART DISEASE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INJURY; INJURY SEVERITY; KIDNEY DISEASE; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; REHABILITATION CENTER; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; ADULT; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INJURY SCALE; INSURANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INSURANCE COVERAGE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; REHABILITATION CENTERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 67649188710     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31815ede46     Document Type: Article

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