Factors associated with nursing home placement of all patients admitted for inpatient rehabilitation in Singapore community hospitals from 1996 to 2005: A disease stratified analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Chen, Cynthia ^a   Naidoo, Nasheen ^a   Er, Benjamin ^a   Cheong, Angela ^a   Fong, Ngan Phoon ^a   Tay, Choo Yian ^b   Chan, Kin Ming ^c   Tan, Boon Yeow ^d   Menon, Edward ^e   Ee, Chye Hua ^f   Lee, Kok Keng ^f   Ng, Yee Sien ^g   Teo, Yik Ying ^a,h,i   Koh, Gerald C H ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

^b Agency for Integrated Care   (Singapore)

^c Ang Mo Kio Thye Hua Kwan Hospital   (Singapore)

^d St Luke's Hospital   (Singapore)

^e Inpatient Therapy Services   (Singapore)

^f Bright Vision Hospital   (Singapore)

^g SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^h GENOME INSTITUTE OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

ⁱ NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; CAREGIVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHINESE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIVORCED PERSON; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FALLING; FEMALE; FRACTURE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HOME; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LEG AMPUTATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NURSING HOME; REHABILITATION CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPARATED PERSON; SINGAPORE; SINGLE MAN; SINGLE WOMAN; SOCIAL ASPECT; STROKE PATIENT; WIDOWED PERSON; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REHABILITATION CENTER; RISK; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING HOMES; ODDS RATIO; REHABILITATION CENTERS; SINGAPORE;

EID: 84893455585     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0082697     Document Type: Article

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