Efficient rehabilitation care for joint replacement patients: Skilled nursing facility or inpatient rehabilitation facility?

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 176-187

  Tian, Wenqiang ^a   Dejong, Gerben ^a   Horn, Susan D ^b   Putman, Koen ^c   Hsieh, Ching Hui ^a   Davanzo, Joan E ^d  

^a NATIONAL REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Institute for Clinical Outcome Research   (United States)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^d LEWIN GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

arthroplasty; efficiency; rehabilitation; rehabilitation centers; skilled nursing facilities

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REHABILITATION NURSING; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REHABILITATION NURSING; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856609794     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: 1552681X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X11403488     Document Type: Conference Paper

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