Risk adjustment in rehabilitation quality improvement

Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 252-261

  Berlowitz, Dan ^a,b   Stineman, Margaret ^c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

quality improvement; quality of health care; risk adjustment; stroke rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; ETHNICITY; GOLD STANDARD; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; NURSING HOME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REHABILITATION CARE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIOECONOMICS; STROKE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RISK ADJUSTMENT; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77956564841     PISSN: 10749357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/tsr1704-252     Document Type: Review

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