Do rehospitalization rates differ among injury severity levels in the NIDRR traumatic brain injury model systems program?

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1884-1890

  Nakase Richardson, Risa ^a,b,c   Tran, Johanna ^a,c   Cifu, David ^a,d   Barnett, Scott D ^a,b   Horn, Lawrence J ^e   Greenwald, Brian D ^f   Brunner, Robert C ^g   Whyte, John ^h   Hammond, Flora M ^i,j   Yablon, Stuart A ^k,l   Giacino, Joseph T ^f,m  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Research Center of Excellence for Maximizing Rehabilitation Outcomes   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^h MOSS REHABILITATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

ⁱ Carolinas Rehabilitation   (United States)

^j INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^k GLENROSE REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^l UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^m and Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program   (United States)

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Author keywords

Consciousness disorders; Rehabilitation; Traumatic brain injuries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DISABILITY; DISABILITY TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY MODEL SYSTEMS; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; MULTICENTER STUDY; REHABILITATION CARE; REHABILITATION RESEARCH; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

CI; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDERS; DISABILITY RATING SCALE; DISORDERS OF CONSCIOUSNESS; DOC; DRS; ED; EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT; GCS; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; INCIDENCE RATE RATIO; IRR; LEAST SQUARES MEAN; LSM; MCS; MINIMALLY CONSCIOUS STATE; NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DISABILITY AND REHABILITATION RESEARCH; NIDRR; REHABILITATION; TBI; TBI MODEL SYSTEMS; TBIMS; TFC; TIME TO FOLLOW COMMANDS; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VEGETATIVE STATE; VS;

ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; PATIENT READMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REHABILITATION CENTERS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84884702699     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: 1532821X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2012.11.054     Document Type: Article

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