Costs of care following spinal cord injury

Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1-9

  DeVivo, Michael J ^a,b   Chen, Yuying ^a,b   Mennemeyer, Stephen T ^b   Deutsch, Anne ^c,d  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cost of care; epidemiology; spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955112089     PISSN: 10820744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/sci1604-1     Document Type: Article

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