Stroke Rehabilitation in Australia in a Freestanding Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit Compared With a Unit Located in an Acute Care Hospital

PM and R

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 716-722

  Katrak, Pesi H ^a   Black, Deborah ^b   Peeva, Victoria ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HOSPITAL REHABILITATION UNIT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FREESTANDING REHABILITATION UNIT; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR ASSESSMENT SCALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; STROKE; VELOCITY; WALKING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REHABILITATION CENTERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80051979428     PISSN: 19341482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2011.04.011     Document Type: Article

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