Evaluating the quality of acute rehabilitation care for patients with spinal cord injury: An extended donabedian model

Quality Management in Health Care

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 47-61

  Qu, Haiyan ^a   Shewchuk, Richard M ^a   Chen, Yu Ying ^b   Richards, J Scott ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Inpatients rehabilitation; Outcome; Patient characteristics; Process; Structure

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL CORD INJURY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74549217195     PISSN: 10638628     EISSN: 15505154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QMH.0b013e3181ccbc2a     Document Type: Article

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