Shorter length of stay is associated with worse functional outcomes for medicare beneficiaries with stroke

Physical Therapy

Volumn 93, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1592-1602

  O'Brien, Suzanne R ^a   Xue, Ying ^b   Ingersoll, Gail ^b   Kelly, Adam ^c  

^a NAZARETH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c Highland Hospital Rochester   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICARE; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STROKE; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; STATISTICS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICARE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84889030945     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: 15386724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20120484     Document Type: Article

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