Implementing an inpatient rehabilitation Saturday service is associated with improved patient outcomes and facilitates patient flow across the health care continuum

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 721-727

  Hakkennes, Sharon ^a   Lindner, Christopher ^a   Reid, Jodie ^a  

^a GEELONG HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allied health; Inpatient rehabilitation; Outcomes; Saturday service

Indexed keywords

AGED; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REHABILITATION CENTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REHABILITATION CENTERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84924706364     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638288.2014.939772     Document Type: Article

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