Postacute Stroke Rehabilitation Utilization: Are There Differences Between Rural-Urban Patients and Taxonomies?

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 242-247

  Jia, Huanguang ^a   Cowper, Diane C ^a   Tang, Yuhong ^b   Litt, Eric ^a   Wilson, Lauren ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to care; Health services research; Rural; Utilization of health services; Veterans

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; VETERAN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; STROKE; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; VETERANS;

EID: 84863601192     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: 17480361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2011.00397.x     Document Type: Article

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