Length of stay and medical stability for spinal cord-injured patients on admission to an inpatient rehabilitation hospital: A comparison between a model SCI trauma center and non-SCI trauma center

Spinal Cord

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 411-415

  Ploumis, A ^a,b   Kolli, S ^a   Patrick, M ^a   Owens, M ^a   Beris, A ^b   Marino, R J ^a,c  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

acute care; length of stay; spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FALLING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; REHABILITATION CENTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VIOLENCE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT READMISSION; PHILADELPHIA; REHABILITATION CENTERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TRAUMA CENTERS;

EID: 79952440650     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.2010.132     Document Type: Article

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