Determining the need for in-patient rehabilitation services post-stroke: Results from Eight Ontario hospitals

Healthcare Policy

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Wilems, Deborah ^a   Salter, Katherine ^b   Meyer, Matthew ^b   Mcclure, Andrew ^b   Teasel, Robert ^c   Foley, Norine ^b  

^a LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b LAWSON HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REHABILITATION CENTER; REHABILITATION MEDICINE; SCREENING TEST; STROKE;

EID: 84858066502     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17156572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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