Racial and ethnic disparities in discharge to rehabilitation following traumatic brain injury

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 595-601

  Meagher, Ashley D ^a,b   Beadles, Christopher A ^b,c   Doorey, Jennifer ^a   Charles, Anthony G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Disparities; Level of rehabilitation; Trauma; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EXPOSURE VARIABLE; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROREHABILITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REHABILITATION CENTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; AGED; BLACK PERSON; BRAIN INJURIES; CAUCASIAN; ETHNIC GROUP; FACTUAL DATABASE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN INJURIES; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84927955457     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2014.10.JNS14187     Document Type: Article

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