Gender and being born overseas influences the amount of acute stroke therapy

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 130-136

  Cosgrave, Luke ^a,b   Bernhardt, Julie ^a,b   Churilov, Leonid ^a,c   Indredavik, Bent ^d,e   Cumming, Toby ^a  

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

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^e TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Acute care; Gender; Neglect; Occupational therapy; Physiotherapy; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RISK; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; STROKE;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84875968487     PISSN: 16501977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/16501977-1088     Document Type: Article

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