Factors associated with discharge destination from acute care after acquired brain injury in Ontario, Canada
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Factors associated with discharge destination from acute care after acquired brain injury in Ontario, Canada
BACKGROUND The aim of this paper is to examine factors associated with discharge destination after acquired brain injury in a publicly insured population using the Anderson Behavioral Model as a framework. METHODS We utilized a retrospective cohort design. Inpatient data from provincial acute care records from fiscal years 2003/4 to 2006/7 with a diagnostic code of traumatic brain injury (TBI...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Neurology
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1471-2377
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2377-12-16