Comparing rehabilitation services and outcomes between older and younger people with spinal cord injury

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 94, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2013, Pages

  Hsieh, Ching Hui ^a   Dejong, Gerben ^a   Groah, Suzanne ^a   Ballard, Pamela H ^a   Horn, Susan D ^b   Tian, Wenqiang ^a  

^a NATIONAL REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL OUTCOMES RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Rehabilitation; Spinal cord injuries; Treatment outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FALLING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICARE; NURSING HOME; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REHABILITATION CENTER; RETIREMENT; SELF CARE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875464386     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: 1532821X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2012.10.038     Document Type: Article

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