Functional independence, diagnostic groups, hospital stay, and modality of payment in three Croatian seaside inpatient rehabilitation centers

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 534-542

  Mrčela, Nada Tomasović ^a   Massari, Dražen ^b   Vlak, Tonko ^c  

^a Eko oporaba   (Croatia)

^b Special Hospital for Medical Rehabilitation   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SPLIT   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; REHABILITATION CENTER; RHEUMATOLOGY; SELF EVALUATION; SHORT FORM 36;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROATIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; RHEUMATOLOGY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650596408     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: 13328166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3325/cmj.2010.51.534     Document Type: Article

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