Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 90, Issue 8 , Pages 1269-1283 , August 2009

Characterizing Rehabilitation Services for Patients With Knee and Hip Replacement in Skilled Nursing Facilities and Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities

Presented to the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, October 4, 2007, Washington, DC.

  • Gerben DeJong, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Post-acute Studies, National Rehabilitation Hospital, Washington, DC
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Gerben DeJong, PhD, Center for Post-acute Studies, National Rehabilitation Hospital, 102 Irving St, Washington, DC 20010
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  • Ching-Hui Hsieh, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Post-acute Studies, National Rehabilitation Hospital, Washington, DC
    • ,
  • Julie Gassaway, MS, RN

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Clinical Outcomes and Research, Salt Lake City, UT
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  • Susan D. Horn, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Clinical Outcomes and Research, Salt Lake City, UT
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  • Randall J. Smout, MS

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Clinical Outcomes and Research, Salt Lake City, UT
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  • Koen Putman, PT, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Post-acute Studies, National Rehabilitation Hospital, Washington, DC
    • Department of Medical Sociology and Health Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
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  • Roberta James, MStat

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Clinical Outcomes and Research, Salt Lake City, UT
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  • Michael Brown, BA

      Affiliations

    • Center for Post-acute Studies, National Rehabilitation Hospital, Washington, DC
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  • Elizabeth M. Newman, OTD, OTR/L

      Affiliations

    • National Rehabilitation Hospital, Washington, DC
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  • Mary P. Foley, BS, CRRN

      Affiliations

    • National Rehabilitation Hospital, Washington, DC

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 Supported by the HealthSouth Corp, ARA Research Institute of the American Rehabilitation Providers Association, Brooks Health, National Rehabilitation Hospital, American Hospital Association, the Federation of American Hospitals, and others.

 A commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has conferred or will confer a financial benefit on the author or one or more of the authors.

PII: S0003-9993(09)00302-5

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2008.11.021

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 90, Issue 8 , Pages 1269-1283 , August 2009

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