Stroke rehabilitation quality indicators: Raising the bar in the inpatient rehabilitation facility

Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 294-304

  Zorowitz, Richard ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

quality indicators; rehabilitation; stroke

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PNEUMONIA; REHABILITATION CARE; REVIEW; SMOKING CESSATION; STROKE; STROKE PATIENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

AGE FACTORS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REHABILITATION CENTERS; STROKE;

EID: 77956568968     PISSN: 10749357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/tsr1704-294     Document Type: Review

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