Follow-up study of spinal cord injured patients after discharge from inpatient rehabilitation in Nepal in 2007

Spinal Cord

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 232-237

  Scovil, C Y ^a   Ranabhat, M K ^a   Craighead, I B ^a   Wee, J ^b  

^a Green Pastures Hospital and Rehabilitation Centre Nepal   (Nepal)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

community participation; low resource; spinal cord injury outcomes; wheelchairs

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOUSING; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; NEPAL; PATIENT MOBILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CARE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPINAL CORD INJURY; WHEELCHAIR;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARCHITECTURAL ACCESSIBILITY; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; PATIENT DISCHARGE; REHABILITATION CENTERS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; WHEELCHAIRS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857911833     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.2011.119     Document Type: Article

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