Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 86, Issue 12, Supplement , Pages 115-120 , December 2005

A Comparison of Stroke Rehabilitation Practice and Outcomes Between New Zealand and United States Facilities

  • Harry McNaughton, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Stroke/Rehabilitation Research, Medical Research Institute of New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand
    • Rehabilitation Physician, Capital and Coast District Health Board, Wellington, New Zealand
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Harry McNaughton, PhD, Medical Research Institute of New Zealand, PO Box 10055, Wellington, New Zealand
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  • Gerben DeJong, PhD

      Affiliations

    • National Rehabilitation Hospital, Washington, DC
    • Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Georgetown University, Washington, DC
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  • Randall J. Smout, MS

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Clinical Outcomes Research, International Severity Information Systems Inc, Salt Lake City, UT
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  • John L. Melvin, MD, MMSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
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  • Murray Brandstater, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA

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 Supported by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (grant no. H133B990005) and the U.S. Army and Materiel Command (cooperative agreement award no. DAMD17-02-2-0032). The views, opinions, and/or findings contained in this article are those of the author(s) and should not be construed as an official Department of the Army position, policy, or decision unless so designated by other documentation.No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the author(s) or upon any organization with which the author(s) is/are associated.

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doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2005.08.115

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 86, Issue 12, Supplement , Pages 115-120 , December 2005

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