Selecting Patients for Rehabilitation After Acute Stroke: Are There Variations in Practice?

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 788-793

  Ilett, Paul A ^a   Brock, Kim A ^a   Graven, Christine J ^a   Cotton, Susan M ^b  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diagnosis related groups; Health services accessibility; Prognosis; Rehabilitation; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSING HOME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; STROKE; STROKE UNIT; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REHABILITATION CENTERS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STROKE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951263777     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2009.11.028     Document Type: Article

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