Systematically assessing and improving the quality and outcomes of medical rehabilitation programs

DeLisa's Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation: Principles and Practice: Fifth Edition

Volumn 1-2, Issue , 2012, Pages 325-356

  Johnston, Mark V ^a   Ottenbacher, Kenneth J ^b   Graham, James E ^b   Findley, Patricia A ^c   Hansen, Anne C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

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