Gender and Family Composition Related to Discharge Destination and Length of Hospital Stay after Acute Stroke
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Gender and family composition related to discharge destination and length of hospital stay after acute stroke.
Informal care by family members still plays an important role in home care after acute stroke. This study determined the clinical and demographic factors, such as family structure, that predict discharge to home and length of hospital stay (LOS) after acute stroke hospitalization. We reviewed the sex, age, family structure before stroke, type of stroke, size of the lesion, activities of daily l...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0040-8727,1349-3329
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.207.325