Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 90, Issue 2 , Pages 193-200 , February 2009

Predictors of Cardiopulmonary Hospitalization in Chronic Spinal Cord Injury

  • Anthony C. Waddimba, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Research and Development Service, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA
    • Department of Health Policy and Management, Boston University Medical Campus, Boston, MA
    • Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
    • Department of Medicine/Channing Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
    • ,
  • Nitin B. Jain, MD, MSPH

      Affiliations

    • Research and Development Service, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA
    • Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
    • Department of Medicine/Channing Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
    • Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston, MA
    • ,
  • Kelly Stolzmann, MS

      Affiliations

    • Research and Development Service, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA
    • Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
    • ,
  • David R. Gagnon, MD, MPH, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Research and Development Service, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA
    • Massachusetts Veterans Epidemiology Research and Information Center, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA
    • Department of Biostatistics, Boston University Medical Campus, Boston, MA
    • ,
  • James F. Burgess Jr, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Research and Development Service, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA
    • Center for Organization, Leadership and Management Research, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA
    • Department of Health Policy and Management, Boston University Medical Campus, Boston, MA
    • ,
  • Lewis E. Kazis, ScD

      Affiliations

    • Research and Development Service, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA
    • Department of Health Policy and Management, Boston University Medical Campus, Boston, MA
    • ,
  • Eric Garshick, MD, MOH

      Affiliations

    • Research and Development Service, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA
    • Medical Service/Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Section, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA
    • Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
    • Department of Medicine/Channing Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to Eric Garshick, MD, MOH, Associate Chief, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Section, VA Boston Healthcare System, 1400 VFW Parkway, West Roxbury, MA 02132

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 Supported by the National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (grant no. R01 HD42141; Garshick), and the Office of Research and Development, Health Services Research and Development, and Massachusetts Veterans Epidemiology Research Information Center Cooperative Studies Program, Department of Veterans Affairs.

 No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit on the authors or on any organization with which the authors are associated.

 Reprints are not available from the author.

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doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2008.07.026

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 90, Issue 2 , Pages 193-200 , February 2009

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