Defining barriers to discharge from inpatient rehabilitation, classifying their causes, and proposed performance indicators for rehabilitation patient flow

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 201-208

  New, Peter W ^a,b,c   Cameron, Peter A ^a   Olver, John H ^a,c   Stoelwinder, Johannes U ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Southern Health   (Australia)

^c Caulfield Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

Health services accessibility; Operations research; Outcome and process assessment (health care); Patient discharge; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATOR; LENGTH OF STAY; MANAGER; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; NURSE; PATIENT FLOW; PHYSICIAN; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; REHABILITATION CARE;

EID: 84871621107     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: 1532821X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2012.07.026     Document Type: Note

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