A prospective multicentre study of barriers to discharge from inpatient rehabilitation

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 198, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 104-108

  New, Peter W ^a,b   Jolley, Damien J ^a   Cameron, Peter A ^a   Olver, John H ^a   Stoelwinder, Johannes U ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Southern Health   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BRAIN DAMAGE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INPATIENT REHABILITATION; LEG FRACTURE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REHABILITATION; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REHABILITATION; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874584289     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja12.10340     Document Type: Article

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