Balance outcomes from two small rural hospitals

Australian Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 275-280

  Downs, Stephen ^a   Marquez, Jodie ^b   Chiarelli, Pauline ^b  

^a Bellingen Hospital   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Berg Balance Scale; Care of the elderly; Discharge planning

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY, UNDER 100; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT DISCHARGE; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; POSTURAL BALANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84866768484     PISSN: 10385282     EISSN: 14401584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1584.2012.01295.x     Document Type: Article

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