Community Stroke Rehabilitation: How Do Rural Residents Fare Compared With Their Urban Counterparts?
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Community Stroke Rehabilitation: How Do Rural Residents Fare Compared With Their Urban Counterparts?
BACKGROUND Rural living has been demonstrated to have an effect on a person's overall health status, and rural residing individuals often have decreased access to health and specialized rehabilitation services. AIM The aim of this study was to determine if there are differences in recovery from stroke between urban and rural-dwelling stroke survivors accessing an in-home, community-based, int...
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عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences / Journal Canadien des Sciences Neurologiques
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0317-1671,2057-0155
DOI: 10.1017/cjn.2015.324