Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 88, Issue 10 , Pages 1249-1255 , October 2007

Does the Presence of a Specialized Rehabilitation Unit in a Veterans Affairs Facility Impact Referral for Rehabilitative Care After a Lower-Extremity Amputation?

Presented as a poster to the American Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. September 2007, Boston, MA.

  • Barbara E. Bates, MD

      Affiliations

    • Physical Medicine Service, VAMC Albany, NY
    • Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to Barbara E. Bates, MD, Quality Management, VAMC Albany, 113 Holland Ave, Albany, NY 12208
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  • Jibby E. Kurichi, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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  • Clifford R. Marshall, MS

      Affiliations

    • Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Program Office, Department of Veterans Affairs Central Office, Gainesville, FL
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  • Dean Reker, PhD

      Affiliations

    • VAMC Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
    • Kansas University Medical Center, Kansas City, MO
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  • Greg Maislin, MS, MA

      Affiliations

    • Division of Sleep Medicine/Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
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  • Margaret G. Stineman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Pennsylvania, VA Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, Philadelphia, PA.

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 Supported in part by the National Institutes of Health (grant no. Ro1 HD042588), the Samuel S. Stratton Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Albany, NY, and the Kansas City Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Kansas City, MO.

 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.

 Reprints are not available from the author.

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doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.06.018

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 88, Issue 10 , Pages 1249-1255 , October 2007

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