Factors influencing readmission to hospital: II. Paraplegia.
This study of 200 paraplegics shows that occupational status at the time of becoming paralysed exerts as great an influence upon readmission to hospital as does the level or the extent of the lesion and that the effect of the level of the lesion on readmission to hospital increases with lower occupational status.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003032:Coal Mining; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009790:Occupations; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D010359:Patient Readmission