Accessing inpatient rehabilitation after acute severe stroke: Age, mobility, prestroke function and hospital unit are associated with discharge to inpatient rehabilitation

International Journal of Rehabilitation Research

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 323-329

  Hakkennes, Sharon ^a,b   Hill, Keith D ^c,d,e   Brock, Kim ^f   Bernhardt, Julie ^b,g   Churilov, Leonid ^g,h  

^a BARWON HEALTH   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d NATIONAL AGEING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^e NORTHERN HEALTH   (Australia)

^f ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

healthcare disparities; patient discharge; rehabilitation; stroke

Indexed keywords

ACUTE STROKE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CURRENT STATUS; DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION; DEPENDENT VARIABLES; LOGISTIC REGRESSIONS; MULTILEVEL MODEL; ODDS RATIOS; ORGANIZATIONAL FACTORS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; SOCIAL STATUS; STROKE; VICTORIA , AUSTRALIA;

HEALTH CARE; HOSPITALS; LOGISTICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

PATIENT REHABILITATION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITAL UNITS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; STROKE; VICTORIA;

EID: 84870053526     PISSN: 03425282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MRR.0b013e328355dd00     Document Type: Article

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