Inequities in access to rehabilitation: Exploring how acute stroke unit clinicians decide who to refer to rehabilitation

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 38, Issue 14, 2016, Pages 1415-1424

  Lynch, Elizabeth A ^a   Luker, Julie A ^a,b   Cadilhac, Dominique A ^b,c   Hillier, Susan L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Patient selection; referral; rehabilitation; stroke; stroke unit; team meetings

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE REHABILITATION;

AUSTRALIA; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE REHABILITATION;

EID: 84947925582     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638288.2015.1103791     Document Type: Article

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