Current trends in venous thromboembolism among persons hospitalized with acute traumatic spinal cord injury: Does early access to rehabilitation matter?

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 92, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1534-1541

  Selassie, Anbesaw W ^a   Varma, Abhay ^a   Saunders, Lee L ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Health services accessibility; Insurance coverage; Rehabilitation; Risk factors; Spinal cord injuries; Venous thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SPINAL CORD INJURY; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INSURANCE COVERAGE; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SOUTH CAROLINA; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 80053469960     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: 1532821X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2011.04.018     Document Type: Article

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