Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 90, Issue 8 , Pages 1260-1268 , August 2009

Looking Upstream: Factors Shaping the Demand for Postacute Joint Replacement Rehabilitation

  • Wenqiang Tian, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • National Rehabilitation Hospital, Center for Post-acute Studies, Washington, DC
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  • 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
    • ,
  • Michael Brown, BA

      Affiliations

    • National Rehabilitation Hospital, Center for Post-acute Studies, Washington, DC
    • ,
  • Ching-Hui Hsieh, PhD

      Affiliations

    • National Rehabilitation Hospital, Center for Post-acute Studies, Washington, DC
    • ,
  • Zvedomir P. Zamfirov, MD

      Affiliations

    • National Rehabilitation Hospital, Center for Post-acute Studies, Washington, DC
    • ,
  • Susan D. Horn, PhD

      Affiliations

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

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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 one or more of the authors.

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doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2008.10.035

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 90, Issue 8 , Pages 1260-1268 , August 2009

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