Assessing stroke patients for rehabilitation during the acute hospitalization: Findings from the get with the guidelines-stroke program

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 38-45

  Prvu Bettger, Janet A ^a,b   Kaltenbach, Lisa ^b   Reeves, Mathew J ^c   Smith, Eric E ^d   Fonarow, Gregg C ^e   Schwamm, Lee H ^f   Peterson, Eric D ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Quality of health care; Rehabilitation; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RACE; REHABILITATION CARE; SMOKING; STROKE PATIENT; STROKE UNIT; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DOCUMENTATION; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84871608558     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: 1532821X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2012.06.029     Document Type: Article

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