A comparison of costs and health care utilization for veterans with traumatic and nontraumatic spinal cord injury

Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 27-42

  St Andre, Justin R ^a   Smith, Bridget M ^a,b   Stroupe, Kevin T ^a,b   Burns, Stephen P ^d   Evans, Charlesnika T ^a,c   Ripley, Diane Cowper ^e,f   Li, Keran ^a   Huo, Zhiping ^a,b   Hogan, Timothy P ^a,b   Weaver, Frances M ^a,b  

^a HINES VA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

health care costs; spinal cord injury; veterans

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; VETERAN;

EID: 79955107523     PISSN: 10820744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/sci1604-27     Document Type: Article

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