Variation in pediatric traumatic brain injury outcomes in the united states

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1148-1155

  Greene, Nathaniel H ^a,b   Kernic, Mary A ^b,c   Vavilala, Monica S ^a,b   Rivara, Frederick P ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Healthcare disparities; Patient outcome assessment; Rehabilitation; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRICS; REHABILITATION CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UNITED STATES;

HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; PATIENT OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REHABILITATION; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT TRANSFER; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REHABILITATION CENTERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84901632360     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: 1532821X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2014.02.020     Document Type: Article

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