Length of Hospital Stay in Patients with Spinal Cord Injury
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Length of Hospital Stay in Patients with Spinal Cord Injury
OBJECTIVE To provide the latest statistics about the length of hospital stay (LOS) and the number of hospitals where the patient was admitted (NHA) for patients with spinal cord injury (SCI) and to investigate the correlated demographic characteristics. METHOD In total, 277 patients with SCI who were members of the Korea Spinal Cord Injury Association were included in the analysis. The survey...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine
سال: 2011
ISSN: 2234-0645,2234-0653
DOI: 10.5535/arm.2011.35.6.798