Hospital readmission in persons with stroke following postacute inpatient rehabilitation

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 67 A, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 875-881

  Ottenbacher, K J ^a   Graham, J E ^a   Ottenbacher, A J ^b   Lee, J ^a   Al Snih, S ^a   Karmarkar, A ^a   Reistetter, T ^a   Ostir, G V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Disability; Outcomes; Postacute; Quality indicators

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT READMISSION; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STROKE;

EID: 84866411709     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glr247     Document Type: Article

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