Reconsidering the value of rehabilitation for patients with cerebrovascular disease in Japanese acute health care hospitals

Value in Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 166-176

  Kuwabara, Kazuaki ^a   Matsuda, Shinya ^b   Fushimi, Kiyohide ^c   Ishikawa, Koichi B ^d   Horiguchi, Hiromasa ^e   Fujimori, Kenji ^f  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^c TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^f HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Comparative study; Outcomes research; Prioritization; Quality of life; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BARTHEL INDEX; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; CONVALESCENCE; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CARE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; HEALTH SERVICE; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROPENSITY SCORE; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STROKE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROPENSITY SCORE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STROKE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79952683037     PISSN: 10983015     EISSN: 15244733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jval.2010.10.028     Document Type: Article

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