Cost of treating pressure ulcers for veterans with spinal cord injury

Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 62-73

  Stroupe, Kevin T ^a,b   Manheim, Larry ^c   Evans, Charlesnika T ^a,c   Guihan, Marylou ^a,c   Ho, Chester ^d,e   Li, Keran ^a   Cowper Ripley, Diane ^f   Hogan, Timothy P ^a,b   St Andre, Justin R ^a   Huo, Zhiping ^a   Smith, Bridget M ^a,b  

^a HINES VA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

health care cost; hospitalization; pressure ulcer; spinal cord injury disorder; veteran

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; RISK; SKIN CARE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; VETERAN;

EID: 79955099300     PISSN: 10820744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/sci1604-62     Document Type: Article

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