Factors Influencing Decisions to Admit Patients to Veterans Affairs Specialized Rehabilitation Units After Lower-Extremity Amputation

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 90, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2012-2018

  Bates, Barbara E ^a,b   Kwong, Pui L ^c   Kurichi, Jibby E ^c   Bidelspach, Douglas E ^d   Reker, Dean M ^d   Maislin, Greg ^e   Xie, Dawei ^c   Stineman, Margaret ^c  

^a STRATTON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Biomedical Statistical Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

Amputation; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LEG AMPUTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PARALYSIS; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; REHABILITATION CARE; VETERAN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPUTATION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DECISION MAKING; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARALYSIS; PATIENT ADMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 71049191068     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2009.07.016     Document Type: Article

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