Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 90, Issue 8 , Pages 1284-1296 , August 2009

Joint Replacement Rehabilitation Outcomes on Discharge From Skilled Nursing Facilities and Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities

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

  • Gerben DeJong, PhD

      Affiliations

    • National Rehabilitation Hospital, Center for Post-acute Studies, Washington, DC
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Gerben DeJong, PhD, Center for Post-acute Studies, National Rehabilitation Hospital, 102 Irving St, Washington, DC 20010
    • ,
  • Susan D. Horn, PhD

      Affiliations

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

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Clinical Outcomes Research, Salt Lake City, UT
    • ,
  • Wenqiang Tian, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • National Rehabilitation Hospital, Center for Post-acute Studies, Washington, DC
    • ,
  • Koen Putman, PhD

      Affiliations

    • National Rehabilitation Hospital, Center for Post-acute Studies, Washington, DC
    • Department of Medical Sociology and Health Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
    • ,
  • Julie Gassaway, MS, RN

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Clinical Outcomes Research, Salt Lake City, UT

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 Supported by the HealthSouth Corporation, 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 one or more of the authors.

PII: S0003-9993(09)00303-7

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2009.02.009

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 90, Issue 8 , Pages 1284-1296 , August 2009

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