Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 90, Issue 9 , Pages 1523-1531 , September 2009

Models for Integrating Rehabilitation and Primary Care: A Scoping Study

  • Mary Ann McColl, PhD, MTS

      Affiliations

    • Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Mary Ann McColl, PhD, MTS, Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, Queen's University, Abramsky Hall, 3rd Fl, Kingston, ON, Canada
    • ,
  • Samuel Shortt, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Canadian Medical Association, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
    • ,
  • Marshall Godwin, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
    • ,
  • Karen Smith, MD

      Affiliations

    • Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
    • ,
  • Kirby Rowe, BSc

      Affiliations

    • Canadian Paraplegic Association-Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • ,
  • Patti O'Brien, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
    • ,
  • Catherine Donnelly, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

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 Supported by the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, Ontario Rehabilitation Research and Advisory Network, and Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation.

 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.

PII: S0003-9993(09)00394-3

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2009.03.017

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 90, Issue 9 , Pages 1523-1531 , September 2009

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