Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 88, Issue 11 , Pages 1526-1534 , November 2007

Effectiveness of Multidisciplinary Rehabilitation Services in Postacute Care: State-of-the-Science. A Review

Presented to the State-of-the-Science Symposium on Post-Acute Rehabilitation: Setting a Research Agenda and Developing an Evidence Base for Practice and Public Policy, February 13, 2007, Arlington, VA.

  • Janet A. Prvu Bettger, ScD
    • ,
  • Margaret G. Stineman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Margaret G. Stineman, MD, Dept of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 3615 Chestnut St, 101 Ralston-Penn Center, Philadelphia, PA 19104

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 Supported in part by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and the National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research (grant no. T32-HD-007425).

 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.2007.06.768

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 88, Issue 11 , Pages 1526-1534 , November 2007

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