Nursing home residency after head injury.

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• Alternative Title:
  Public Health Rep
• Personal Author:
  Fife, D ; Hollinshead, W ; Faich, G
• Description:
  A survey of 93 nursing homes in and near Rhode Island in May 1982 identified all head-injured patients who were State residents. Nineteen were identified, of whom ten were injured in motor vehicle crashes. The median age was 35 years. The median time since injury was 3 years and increased with age. The prevalence of such patients was 2 per 100,000 population. Except for a recent survey by the Connecticut Department of Health, little is known about the prevalence or duration of nursing home residency after head injury. To obtain such data, nursing homes in and near Rhode Island were surveyed for State residents who were patients because of head injury.
• Subjects:
  Activities Of Daily Living Adolescent Adult Aged Age Factors Child Craniocerebral Trauma Epidemiologic Methods Female Humans Length Of Stay Male Middle Aged Nursing Homes Research Article Rhode Island

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• Source:
  Public Health Rep. 100(3):336-340
• Pubmed ID:
  3923545
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMCnull
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  100
• Issue:
  3
• Collection(s):
  Public Health Reports
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:24243568e004af6b1747bc2fa8195570b9a1a1cc728b3b02c0a33c42a16bdeaa
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/66227/cdc_66227_DS1.pdf
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