Does more therapy in skilled nursing facilities lead to better outcomes in patients with hip fracture?

Physical Therapy

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 81-89

  Jung, Hye Young ^a   Trivedi, Amal N ^b   Grabowski, David C ^c   Mor, Vincent ^b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HIP FRACTURES; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; NURSING HOME; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEDICARE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84953228725     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: 15386724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20150090     Document Type: Article

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